He taught them the most important lesson of all how to live Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts At the dark heart of the Holocaust there was a wooden hut whose walls were painted with cartoons a place where children sang staged plays and wrote poetry Safely inside but still in the shadow of the chimneys they were given better food kept free of vermin and were even taught meditation to imagine full stomachs and a day without fear The man who became their guiding light was a young Jewish prisoner named Fredy Hirsch But being a teacher in such a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat Whether it was begging the SS for better provisions or hiding his homosexuality from his persecutors he risked his life every day for one thing to protect the children from the mortal danger they all faced Time is running out for Fredy and the hundreds of children in his care Can he find a way to teach them the one lesson they really need to know how to survive Assiduously researched and drawn from archives and survivor testimonies historian and biographer Wendy Holden tells the inspirational and uplifting true story of Fredy Hirsch The Teacher of Auschwitz
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Mainstream Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781804184646
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 368
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 36m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 16/01/2025
Año de edición: 2025
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Escrito por Wendy Holden
Es una respetada periodista y corresponsal de guerra de The Daily Telegraph. Especializada en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, es autora de libros de no ficción y biografías. Varias de sus obras se han adaptado a la pequeña y gran pantalla.