- Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Political prisoners, World War, 1939-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Written by a member of the French resistance who became an important literary figure in postwar France, this moving memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the post-war experiences of women survivors has become a key text for Holocaust studies classes. This second edition includes an updated and expanded introduction by Holocaust scholar Lawrence L. Langer.
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- Author
- Charlotte Delbo
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780300070576
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