A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

The powerful, heart-breaking memoir of Dita Kraus, the real-life Librarian of Auschwitz

Born in Prague to a Jewish family in 1929, Dita Kraus has lived through the most turbulent decades of the twentie…

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