The children's block : a novel based on the true story of an Auschwitz survivor / Otto Kraus.
by
Kraus, Otto B., 1921-2000 author
Title
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The children's block : a novel based on the true story of an Auschwitz survivor / Otto Kraus.
Novel based on the true story of an Auschwitz survivor
Summary
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Alex Ehren is poet, a prisoner, and a teacher in block 31 in Auschwitz-Birkenau, also known as the Children's Block. He spends his days trying to survive and illegally giving lessons to his young charges, all while shielding them as best he can from the impossible horrors of the camp. But trying to teach the children is not the only illicit activity that Alex is involved in. Alex is keeping a diary.
Author
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Kraus, Otto B., 1921-2000 author
Edition
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First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Format
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Books
Genre
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Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Subject Term
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction.
Concentration camp inmates -- Fiction.
Jewish children -- Fiction.
ISBN
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9781643133287
Corporate Subject
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
Physical Description
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xiii, 274 pages ; 22 cm.
Publication Date
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2020
General Note
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"First published by Ebury Press in 2019. First published as Smoke Is My Brother in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere as The Painted Wall in 1993." -- Title page verso.
| Library | Shelf Location | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Genre/Subject | Material Type | Status |
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| Onkaparinga Libraries - Hub Library Aberfoyle Park | Historical | KRA O | C0530127120 | Adult Fiction | Book | Due 29/01/25 |
| Onkaparinga Libraries - Seaford Library | Historical | KRA O | C0530127132 | Adult Fiction | Book | Historical |