The boy who drew Auschwitz.
by Geve, Thomas; Inglefield, Charles; Geve, Thomas.
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BookPublisher: London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021Edition: Updated illustrated edition / Thomas Geve with Charles Inglefield.Description: 304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780008406387 (hbk.) :; 0008406383 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5318 GEVSubject(s): Geve, Thomas, 1929- -- Childhood and youth | Birkenau (Concentration camp) | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) | Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) | Buchenwald (Concentration camp) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | Jewish children in the Holocaust | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and DefenceSummary: Thomas Geve was just 15 years old when he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945. It was the third concentration camp he had survived. Upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Thomas was separated from his mother and left to fend for himself in the men's camp of Auschwitz I, at the age of 13. During the 22 months he was imprisoned, he was subjected to, and forced to observe first-hand, the inhumane world of Nazi concentration camps. On his eventual release Thomas felt compelled to capture daily life in the death camps in more than eighty profoundly moving drawings. Infamous scenarios synonymous with this dark period of history were portrayed in poignant but simplistic detail with extraordinary accuracy. Despite the unspeakable events he experienced, Thomas decided to become an active witness and tell the truth about life in the camps.
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| 940.5318 ES The cut out girl : a story of war and family, lost and found / | 940.5318 FAI The volunteer : one man, and underground army, and the secret mission to destroy Auschwitz / | 940.5318 FRE The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world / | 940.5318 GEV The boy who drew Auschwitz. | 940.5318 HAR Hanns and Rudolf: | 940.5318 HIC The Munich art hoard : Hitler's dealer and his secret legacy : with 40 illustrations / | 940.5318 HOL Born survivors |
Previous edition: published as Guns and barbed wire. Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1987.
Includes index.
Thomas Geve was just 15 years old when he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945. It was the third concentration camp he had survived. Upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Thomas was separated from his mother and left to fend for himself in the men's camp of Auschwitz I, at the age of 13. During the 22 months he was imprisoned, he was subjected to, and forced to observe first-hand, the inhumane world of Nazi concentration camps. On his eventual release Thomas felt compelled to capture daily life in the death camps in more than eighty profoundly moving drawings. Infamous scenarios synonymous with this dark period of history were portrayed in poignant but simplistic detail with extraordinary accuracy. Despite the unspeakable events he experienced, Thomas decided to become an active witness and tell the truth about life in the camps.
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