In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin, outside Prague, was ostensibly converted into model ghetto, where Jews could temporarily reside before being sent to a more permanent settlement. In reality it was a way station to Auschwitz. When young Gonda Redlich was deported to Terezin in December of 1941, the elders selected him to be in charge of the youth welfare department. He kept a diary during his imprisonment, chronicling the fear and desperation of life in the ghetto, the attempts people made to create a cultural and social life, and the disease, death, rumors, and hopes that were part of daily existence. Before his own deportation to Auschwitz, with his wife and son, in 1944, he concealed his diary in an attic, where it remained until discovered by Czech workers in 1967.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-13
9780813109602
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94794400
Product Key Features
Author
Saul S. Friedman
Publication Name
The Terezin Diary of Gonda Redlich
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Editor
Saul S. Friedman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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