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Weissová, Helga, 1929-
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Helga's Diary is a young girl's remarkable first-hand account of life in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. The drawings and paintings that Helga made during her time in Terezin, which accompany this diary, were published in 1998 in the book Draw What You See (Zeichne, was Du siehst). ; Translated from the original notebooks, written in Czech. Pp. 13-21 contain the introduction by Francine Prose. Pp. 207-234 contain an interview with Weiss conducted by her translator Neil Bermel in Prague in December 2011. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Title Helga's diary : a young girl's account of life in a concentration camp / Helga Weiss
translated by Neil Bermel
introduction by Francine Prose.
Edition 1st American ed.
Publisher New York : W.W. Norton
Creation Date 2013
Notes Includes bibliographical references.
Extent 248 pages : ill., color maps
22 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990035266600205171

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