01171    a2200181   4500001000700000020001800007040003200025100002000057245003100077300002700108362000900135520071700144650002000861650003400881650002100915650002700936650002600963123666  a9781627796187  cEscola Canadense de Niteroi  aIturbe, Antonio10aThe librarian of Auschwitz  c9 x 1.26 x 8.35 inches0 a2017  aBased on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.
Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.  4aJewish children 4aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 4aSecond World War 4aYoung Adult Literature 4aBased on True Stories