| Terezin Diary of Gonda Redlich-Pa Contributor(s): Friedman, Saul S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813109604 ISBN-13: 9780813109602 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin outside Prague was converted into an ostensibly "model" ghetto for Jews. Actually it was a way station to Auschwitz. Gonda Redlich, who grew up in Moravia and became interested in youth work, was deported to Terezin in December 1941. The ghetto elders selected him to be in charge of the youth welfare department where he was responsible for the housing, care, and education of thousands of children who eventually passed through Terezin. Before his own deportation to Auschwitz, Redlich concealed this diary in Terezin, where it was discovered in 1967. A significant document of Holocaust experience, it reveals the hope and despair of daily life in the ghetto. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.17" W x 9.22" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Topical - Holocaust - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin, outside Prague, was ostensibly converted into model ghetto, where Jews could temporarily reside before being sent to a more permanent settlement. In reality it was a way station to Auschwitz. When young Gonda Redlich was deported to Terezin in December of 1941, the elders selected him to be in charge of the youth welfare department. He kept a diary during his imprisonment, chronicling the fear and desperation of life in the ghetto, the attempts people made to create a cultural and social life, and the disease, death, rumors, and hopes that were part of daily existence. Before his own deportation to Auschwitz, with his wife and son, in 1944, he concealed his diary in an attic, where it remained until discovered by Czech workers in 1967. |