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The Nazis knew my name : a remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz

Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-20062021
Books, Manuscripts
In the camps during the Second World War, prisoner Magda Hellinger Blau was selected by the SS as a Jewish prison leader and she eventually rises to the senior position of Lagerälteste (Camp Elder). Madga used her proximity to her fellow prisoners and the SS to engage in numerous acts of kindness, bravery and compassion to keep the prisoners alive in frightening and uncertain circumstances. Now, her daughter Maya Lee tells the definitive story of her mother, a woman who showed great bravery and compassion when stuck between worlds of authority and imprisonment.
Main title:
Imprint:
London : Gallery Books UK, 2021.
Collation:
xvi., 281 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781398506268 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5318092940.5318940.531940.531809
LC class:
D804.196
Local class:
B BLA940.5318940.531B/BLA
Language:
English
BRN:
2903790
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