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Last Stop Auschwitz

Eddy de Wind

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Biografieën & Waargebeurd
  • ISBN: 9780857526847
My story of survival from within the camp
Inhoud
Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:09 januari 2020
Aantal pagina's:272
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Eddy de Wind
Hoofdauteur:Eddy de Wind
Vertaling
Eerste Vertaler:David Colmer
Overige kenmerken
Editie:1
Product breedte:155 mm
Product hoogte:22 mm
Product lengte:234 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:155 mm
Verpakking hoogte:22 mm
Verpakking lengte:234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:336 g
Overige kenmerken
Editie:1
Product breedte:155 mm
Product hoogte:22 mm
Product lengte:234 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:155 mm
Verpakking hoogte:22 mm
Verpakking lengte:234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:336 g

Samenvatting

With an Afterword by JOHN BOYNE, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas _______________ Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife Friedel, whom he had met and married at the Westerbork labour camp in the Netherlands. At Auschwitz, they made it through the brutal selection process and were put to work. Each day, each hour became a battle for survival. For Eddy, this meant negotiating with the volatile guards in the medical barracks. For Friedel, it meant avoiding the Nazis’ barbaric medical experiments. As the end of the war approached and the Russian Army drew closer, the last Nazis fled, taking many prisoners with them, including Friedel. Eddy hid under a pile of old clothes and stayed behind. Finding a notebook and pencil, he began to write with furious energy about his experiences. Last Stop Auschwitz is an extraordinary account of life as a prisoner, a near real-time record of the daily struggle to survive but also of the flickering moments of joy Eddy and Friedel found in each other - passing notes through the fence, sometimes stealing a brief embrace. Documenting the best and the worst of humanity, it is a unique and timeless story that reminds us of what we as humans are capable of, but that there is hope, even in Hell. Thought to be the only complete book written within Auschwitz itself, it will linger with you long after the final page has been turned. _______________