Fritz and Kurt
By (Author) Jeremy Dronfield
Illustrated by David Ziggy Greene
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
14th February 2023
19th January 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
The Holocaust
940.53180922
Paperback
384
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm
310g
The incredible true story of The Boy Who Followed his Father into Auschwitz, written for younger readers. When everything is taken away from you, love and courage are all you have left. In 1938, the Nazis come to Vienna. They hate anyone who is different, especially Jewish people. Fritz and Kurt's family are Jewish, and that puts them in terrible danger. Fritz, along with his father, is taken to a Nazi prison camp, a terrible place, full of fear. When his father is sent to a certain death, Fritz can't face losing his beloved Papa. He chooses to go with him and fight for survival. Meanwhile, Kurt must go on a frightening journey, all alone, to seek safety on the far side of the world. In this extraordinary true story, Fritz and Kurt must face unimaginable hardships, and the two brothers wonder if they will ever return home . . .
A harrowing but hard to put down tale. * Financial Times *
PRAISE FOR THE BOY WHO FOLLOWED HIS FATHER INTO AUSCHWITZ:
A deeply humane account and a visceral description of everyday life in the camps. Could not be more timely and deserves to have the widest possible readership.
Jeremy Dronfield is a biographer, historian, novelist and former archaeologist. His recent non-fiction titles include Beyond the Call and Dr James Barry- A Woman Ahead of Her Time.