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Barcode30053003864769
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF HOLD
Title The teacher of Auschwitz : based on a true story / by Wendy Holden.
Author Holden, Wendy, 1961- author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003864769F HOLD6/10/2025 Available

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Personal Name Holden, Wendy, 1961- author.
Title Statement The teacher of Auschwitz : based on a true story / by Wendy Holden.
Edition Statement First U.S. edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Physical Description 354 pages ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354).
Summary, Etc. "From the bestselling author of Born Survivors, a novel inspired by the powerful true story of a man who risked everything to protect children in Auschwitz. Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts . . . Amid the brutality of the Holocaust, one bright spot shone inside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. In the shadows of the smokestacks was a wooden hut where children sang, staged plays, wrote poetry, and learned about the world. Within those four walls, brightly adorned with hand-painted cartoons, the youngest prisoners were kept vermin-free, received better food, and were even taught to imagine having full stomachs and a day without fear. Their guiding light was a twenty-seven-year-old gay, Jewish athlete: Fredy Hirsch. Being a teacher in a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat. Forced to beg senior SS officers for better provisions, Fredy risked his life every day to protect his beloved children from mortal danger. But time was running out for Fredy and the hundreds in his care. Could this kind, compassionate, and brave man find a way to teach them the one lesson they really needed to know: how to survive? The Teacher of Auschwitz shines a light on a truly remarkable individual and tells the inspiring story of how he fought to protect innocence and hope amid depravity and despair"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Hirsch, Fredy, 1916-1944 Fiction.
Subject Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Concentration camps Poland
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction. Poland
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographical fiction. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft
Other Edition Entry Holden, Wendy, 1961- London : Zaffre, 2025 Teacher of Auschwitz 9781804184653

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