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Author Hellinger, Magda, 1916-2006, author.

Title The Nazis knew my name : a remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz / Magda Hellinger and Maya Lee ; with David Brewster.

Publication Info. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  LP 940.5318 BLAU    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  LP B HELLINGER, MAGDA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction Large Type  LT 940.5318 HELLINGER    DUE 05-31-24
Edition Center Point Large Print edition.
Description 373 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rdafs
Note Regular print version previously published by Atria Books.
Includes glossary.
Summary "In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young women were deported as some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in day-to-day charge of the accommodation blocks, they could deflect attention away from themselves. Magda was one such prisoner selected for leadership and put in charge of hundreds of women in the notorious Experimental Block 10. She found herself constantly walking a dangerously fine line: saving lives while avoiding suspicion by the SS and risking execution. Through her inner strength and shrewd survival instincts, she was able to rise above the horror and cruelty of the camps and build pivotal relationships with the women under her watch, and even some of Auschwitz's most notorious Nazi senior officers. Based on Magda's personal account and completed by her daughter's extensive research, this awe-inspiring tale offers us incredible insight into human nature, the power of resilience, and the goodness that can shine through even in the most horrific of conditions."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Hellinger, Magda, 1916-2006.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Slovak.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Jews -- Slovakia -- Michalovce -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Michalovce (Slovakia) -- Biography.
Large type books.
large print books. (CStmoGRI)aat300206232
Holocaust survivors. (OCoLC)fst00958838
Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Slovakia -- Michalovce. (OCoLC)fst01291700
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Large type books.
Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
Personal Narrative (DNLM)D062210
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Personal narratives -- Slovak. (OCoLC)fst01424167
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Lee, Maya, author.
Brewster, David, 1965- author.
ISBN 9781638082729 (large print ; hardback ; alk. paper)
1638082723 (large print ; hardback ; alk. paper)
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