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Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp
Contributor(s): Weiss, Helga (Author), Prose, Francine (Introduction by), Bermel, Neil (Translator)
ISBN: 0393348245     ISBN-13: 9780393348248
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE:   $16.16  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- History | Holocaust
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Holocaust
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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In 1939, Helga Weiss was a young Jewish schoolgirl in Prague. As she endured the first waves of the Nazi invasion, she began to document her experiences in a diary. During her internment at the concentration camp of Terez n, Helga's uncle hid her diary in a brick wall. Of the 15,000 children brought to Terez n and deported to Auschwitz, there were only one hundred survivors. Helga was one of them. Miraculously, she was able to recover her diary from its hiding place after the war. These pages reveal Helga's powerful story through her own words and illustrations. Includes a special interview with Helga by translator Neil Bermel.

Contributor Bio(s): Weiss, Helga: - Helga Weiss was born in Prague in 1929. After surviving the Holocaust and the Second World War, Helga returned to Prague, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, and became an artist. She has two children, three grandchildren, and lives to this day in the apartment where she was born.Prose, Francine: - Francine Prose is the author of sixteen books of fiction, including Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Among her most recent works of nonfiction is the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife. A former president of PEN American Center, she lives in New York City.