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Author:

Kraus, Ota B., 1921- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 274 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Fiction.
Concentration camp inmates--Fiction.
Jewish children--Fiction.
Poland--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Titles:

Painted wall

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.

ISBN:

9781643133287 (hardcover)
1643133284

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1104471578

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

RUPC135 -- Manson Public Library (Manson)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)