The Diary of Petr Ginz

Ginz, Petr. Chava Pressburger editor. Translated from the Czech by Elena Lappin. Foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer

ISBN 10: 1843545543 / ISBN 13: 9781843545545

Edité par Atlantic Books, London, 2007

A propos de cet article

First UK edition, first impression. Very minor edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, in almost 'as new' condition. 182pp, illustrated. In 1941, Petr Ginz was a young teenager living in Prague with his parents and sister. Adventurous, artistic and optimistic, he wrote poems and novels and edited a children's magazine inside the work camp at Theresienstadt. Originally written in his special code-language, Petr's diaries described daily life for the Ginz family and documented the introduction of anti-Jewish laws from a young adult's point of view - pithy and unsentimental. The writing stopped in 1942 when Petr received his summons, but the books survived in a Prague attic. They recently came to light in extraordinary circumstances and, they were published in the Czech Republic in 2005 to a storm of publicity. Edited by his sister Chava, and including background material and beautiful reproductions of Petr's artwork, this book encapsulates the soul and wisdom of a child caught in an adults' war. Petr Ginz died at the age of sixteen when he was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp and gassed.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Diary of Petr Ginz
• Éditeur: Atlantic Books, London
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1843545543
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781843545545
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Jacket design by Peter Dyer
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine

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Synopsis

Petr Ginz was a Czech 'Mischling' who was sent to Theresienstadt work camp in 1942, aged 13. Two years later he was sent to his death in Auschwitz. His recently-discovered diaries make for mesmerizing and poignant reading.

In 1941, Petr Ginz was a young teenager living in Prague with his parents and sister. Adventurous, artistic and optimistic, he wrote poems and novels and edited a children's magazine inside the work camp at Theresienstadt. Originally written in his special code-language, Petr's diaries described daily life for the Ginz family and documented the introduction of anti-Jewish laws from a young adult's point of view - pithy and unsentimental. The writing stopped in 1942 when Petr received his summons, but the books survived in a Prague attic. They recently came to light in extraordinary circumstances and, they were published in the CzechRepublic in 2005 to a storm of publicity. Edited by his sister, Chava, and including background material and beautiful reproductions of Petr's artwork, this book encapsulates the soul and wisdom of a child caught in an adults' war.

À propos de l?auteur

Petr Ginz died in 1944, aged sixteen. His sister, Chava Pressburger, who introduces his diary (The Diary of Petr Ginz 2007) now lives in Israel.