Bibliograph

The children's block, a novel based on the true story of an Auschwitz survivor, Otto Kraus

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The children's block, a novel based on the true story of an Auschwitz survivor, Otto Kraus

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The children's block

Oclc number

1104471578

Responsibility statement

Otto Kraus

Sub title

a novel based on the true story of an Auschwitz survivor

Summary

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

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