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The Diary of Petr Ginz

Door Chava Pressburger

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#195179
Titel
The Diary of Petr Ginz
Auteur
Pressburger, Chava (edited by) & Jonathan Safran Foer (foreword by)
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Atlantic Books, London
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
1843545535
ISBN13
9781843545538
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
Not since Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has such an intimately candid, deeply affecting account of a childhood compromised by Nazi tyranny come to light. In 1941, Petr Ginz was a young teenager living in Prague with his parents and sister. Adventurous, artistic and optimistic, he wrote poems and novels and edited a children's magazine inside the work camp at Theresienstadt. Originally written in his own special code-language, Petr's diaries describe daily life for the Ginz family and document the introduction of anti-Jewish laws from a young adult's point of view - pithy and unsentimental. The writing stopped in 1942 when Petr received his summons, but the books survived in a Prague attic. They recently came to light in extraordinary circumstances and were published in the Czech R... (Lees verder)epublic in 2005 to a storm of publicity. Edited by his sister, Chava, and including background material and beautiful reproductions of Petr's artwork, this book is a classic in the making.
Pagina's
161
Conditie
Goed — Naam, plaats en datum op tweede schutblad
Prijs
€ 10,00

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