The librarian of Auschwitz /
Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit ekulin Thwaites.
- First American edition.
- 423 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story. Follows the true story of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl from Prague who after being sent to Auschwitz is chosen to protect the eight volumes prisoners have smuggled past the guards.