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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006.     Subjects     Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006.     Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Biography.     Birkenau (Concentration camp) -- Biography.     Nazi concentration camp inmates as guards -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Slovak.     Jews -- Slovakia -- Michalovce -- Biography.     Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006.       by title:      The Nazis knew my na...       by call number:      940.53185092 B645n     Search the Web     Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006.     Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006.     Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Biography.     Birkenau (Concentration camp) -- Biography.     Nazi concentration camp inmates as guards -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Slovak.     Jews -- Slovakia -- Michalovce -- Biography.     Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.       MARC Display

The Nazis knew my name : a remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz / Magda Hellinger, and Maya Lee ; with David Brewster. by Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006. Atria Books, 2021. Call #: 940.53185092 B645n Subjects Blau, Magda Hellinger, 1916-2006.   Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Biography.   Birkenau (Concentration camp) -- Biography.   Nazi concentration camp inmates as guards -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Slovak.   Jews -- Slovakia -- Michalovce -- Biography.   Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. ISBN:  9781982181222 (hc.) Alternate title:  Remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz Edition:  1st Atria Books hardcover ed. Description:  312 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm. Notes:  "Originally published in Australia in 2021 by Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty Limited"--T. p. verso. Summary:  "In March 1942, at the age of 25, kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger was deported from her hometown in Slovakia along with 998 other young women. They were some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Very few would survive the next three years until liberation. The SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in day-to-day charge of the accommodation blocks and even the camps at large-so called Blockalteste and Lageralteste respectively-they could both reduce the number of guards required to use these "leaders" to deflect attention away from themselves. Magda was one such Jewish prisoner selected for leadership. Like many others during the war she found herself constantly treading a fine line: how to save lives-if only a few at a time-while avoiding being too "soft" and likely sent to the gas chambers. Through her own inner strength and ingenuity, she was able to rise above the horror and cruelty of the camps and build pivotal relationships with the women under her watch, and some of Auschwitz's most notorious Nazi senior officers. Based on Magda's own personal account and completed by her daughter's extensive research, this awe-inspiring story offers us incredible insight into human nature under the pressure to survive, the power of resilience, and the goodness that can shine through even in the most horrific of conditions"--From publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Other authors:  Lee, Maya. Brewster, David, 1965- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53185092 B645n Adult books Checked out Jul 03, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53185092 B645n Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53185092 B645n Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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