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Lovers in Auschwitz : a true story / Keren Blankfeld.

by Blankfeld, Keren.

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Little, Brown and Company, 2024.

070.44994053 B642L

Spitzer, Zippi.

Wisnia, David S., 1926-

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Holocaust survivors -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.

9780316564779 (hc.)

xi, 388 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-380) and index.

"Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history’s most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked skies of Auschwitz. Under the protection of their fellow inmates, their romance grew and deepened, even as their brushes with death mounted and David’s luck in particular seemed close to running out. As the war’s end finally approached and the time came for them to leave the camp, David and Zippi made plans to meet again. But neither of them could imagine how long their reunion would take or how many lives they would live in the interim. They had no inkling, either, of the betrayals that would await them along the way. But David did suspect that Zippi harbored a secret—one that could explain the mystery of his survival all those years ago. An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, 'Lovers in Auschwitz' is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis’ creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history’s darkest hour."--From publisher.

Keren Blankfeld is a long-form journalist with a special interest in investigative narrative nonfiction.

Creative nonfiction.

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