Diary Of Bergen Belsen: 1944-1945
By (Author) Hanna Levy-Hass
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
21st August 2009
United States
General
Non Fiction
Second World War
Published diaries, letters and journals
European history
940.531844
Hardback
166
Width 140mm, Height 191mm
296g
A unique, deeply political survivor's diary of the author's final year inside the notorious concentra camp of Bergen Belsen. Levy-Hass, a Yugoslavian socialist and Jew, emerged a defiant survivor of the Holocaust. Her observations shed new light on the lived experiences of Bergen Belsen, and hers is the only diary of a socialist within the camps. Contains a lengthy introduction by Levy-Hass' daughter Amira Hass, journalist and award-winning author, which addresses the meaning of the Holocaust for Israelis and Palestinians today.
"A remarkable account."The New Yorker
"A remarkable account."The New Yorker
Born in Sarajevo, Hanna Levy-Hass was an activist in the Resistance to the German occupation of Yugoslavia. She was taken from Montenegro to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by the Nazis in 1944. Her diary has been published in many languages. Amira Haas, the daughter of Hanna Levy-Haas, is an Israeli journalist who is best known for her columns in Ha'aretz. She is the author of Drinking the Sea at Gaza and the recipient of many awards for her writing.