Journal by Hélène Berr
The uplifting journal of an intelligent and courageous young woman in occupied Paris
Helene is a striking diarist … writes lucid, lovely prose … we are lucky that Helene chose to tell her own story - David Bellos interview, Times Online* Times Online *
… A very moving account … devastatingly sad - Oxford Times. * Oxford Times *
Thoughtfully, heartrendingly, completely, the book that Helen Berr wrote in the darkest days of the City of Light answers her own question - Mariette Job in the Scotsman. * Scotsman *
It is a beautiful but harrowing experience reading the words of Helene Berr … Her journal is a devastatingly powerful evocation of the pointlessness of war and one that will have a lasting effect on its readers - Wales on Sunday. * Wales on Sunday *
… A very moving account … devastatingly sad - Oxford Times. * Oxford Times *
Thoughtfully, heartrendingly, completely, the book that Helen Berr wrote in the darkest days of the City of Light answers her own question - Mariette Job in the Scotsman. * Scotsman *
It is a beautiful but harrowing experience reading the words of Helene Berr … Her journal is a devastatingly powerful evocation of the pointlessness of war and one that will have a lasting effect on its readers - Wales on Sunday. * Wales on Sunday *
Helene Berr was a student of English Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 with her mother and father, and she died in Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, just a few weeks before the liberation of the camp.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847245748 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847245749 |
| Title | Journal |
| Author | Hélène Berr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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