The Terezin Diary of Gonda Redlich [electronic resource] / Saul S. Friedman, editor ; Laurence Kutler, translator ; foreword by Nora Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redlikh, Egon, 1916-1944.

Contributor:

Friedman, Saul S., 1937-

Standardized Title:

Ḥayim ke-ilu. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Czechoslovakia--Ethnic relations.

Czechoslovakia.

Theresienstadt (Concentration camp).

Redlikh, Egon, 1916-1944.

Redlikh, Egon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 da

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Translator's Note; Terezin; 1942; 1943; 1944; Diary of Dan; Editor's Postscript; A Bibliographic Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-0960-4

0-8131-5012-4

OCLC:

645859726