The boy who drew Auschwitz.
by Geve, Thomas; Inglefield, Charles; Geve, Thomas.
Material type: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5318 GEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003094384X | |||
Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5318 GEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003094383X | |||
Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5318 GEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 19/09/2023 | 003094382X |
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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