Binding: Paperback
Description: Based on the experience of real - life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus this graphic novel tells the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen - year - old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken along with her mother and father from the Terez n ghetto in Prague Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.
Title: The Librarian Of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel
Author(s): Iturbe Antonio, Loreto Aroca
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co. (Byr)
Barcode: 9781250842985
Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/3/2023