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

Hellinger, Magda, 1916-2006 (author.). Lee, Maya, (author.). Brewster, David, 1965- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781638082729
ISBN: 1638082723
Physical Description: 373 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:

Regular print version previously published by Atria Books.

Includes glossary.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part 1 Magda's Story: Origins -- Deportation -- Auschwitz -- Birkenau -- Blockälteste -- Experimental Block 10 -- Back to Birkenau -- Lagerälteste -- SS Connections: Irma Grese -- SS Connections: Kramer and Mengele -- Bela's Story -- Resistance -- Death March -- Malchow -- Liberation -- Part 2 My Mother Moves On: How to Build a New Life -- The Legacy of Tattoo 2318 -- Epilogue -- Notes on the Postwar Fates of Prominent People in the Story -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments.