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The Librarian of Auschwitz

By: Antonio Iturbe, Lilit Thwaites - translator, Dita Kraus - prologue
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
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This program features a prologue read by Dita Kraus.

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, The Librarian of Auschwitz is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Written with touching sensitivity by Antonio Iturbe, and translated by Lilit Thwaites, this audiobook provokes every emotional response and will not be forgotten.

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.

This title has Common Core connections.

©2012, 2017 Text copyright Antonio Iturbe; translation copyright Lilit Žekulin Thwaites (P)2017 Macmillan Audio Historical Fiction History & Culture Literature & Fiction Fiction Holocaust Inspiring
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Well written and takes the reader right to the Nazi extermination camps in Poland. The prolong at the start of the book from Dita herself is also truly moving. One last thing to mention is that this book has quite a bit of violence, swear words, nudity, executions and sex talk.

A great mix of fiction and non fiction.

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At times, overwhelmingly sickening, but so eloquently descriptive, ever drawing me in until the very end. I look at my own children differently now, thinking of all those tiny, sweet faces sent to their unnecessary deaths by a sick, sad ideology of truly messed up men.

A must listen. lest we forget.

I couldn't stop listening

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Beautifully written and narrated story about the ugliest chapter of human history and how one girl lived through it. Dita is an unforgettable heroine.

Unforgettable story

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