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Chargement... At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944par David Koker
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Het dagboek van David Koker (12-11-1921) beschrijft het leven in Vught waar hij verbleef met zijn ouders en zijn jongere broer Max. Het dagboek werd in gedeelten naar Amsterdam gesmokkeld en na de oorlog ingeleverd bij het RIOD. Het is in 1977 gepubliceerd onder redactie van zijn gymnasium-vriend Karel van het Reve. Vanwege zijn werk voor Philips kwam David Koker na het transport in juni 1944 via Auschwitz in Reichenau terecht. Zijn vader stierf daar, David stierf op ziekentransport naar Dachau (februari 1945). Moeder Judith en broer Max overleefde hun gevangenschap. Het dagboek omvat de periode 11 februari 1943 tot 7 februari 1944. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Finalist for 2012 National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category David Koker's diary is one of the most notable accounts of life in a German concentration camp written by a Jew during the years of the Holocaust. First brought to attention when the Dutch historian Jacob Presser-Koker's history teacher in high school-quoted from Koker's diary in his monumental history, published in English as The Destruction of the Dutch Jews (1968), the diary itself became a part of the Dutch literary canon when it was published in 1977 as Dagboek geschreven in Vught (Diary Written in Vught). It has remained in print ever since, and is notable for its literary qualities, weaving poetry and powerful observations of the emotional life of a camp prisoner, including reflections after an in-person visit by Heinrich Himmler. Surprisingly, the book has never before been translated into English. During his time in the Vught concentration camp, the 21-year-old David recorded on an almost daily basis his observations, thoughts, and feelings. He mercilessly probed the abyss that opened around him and, at times, within himself. David's diary covers almost a year, both charting his daily life in Vught as it developed over time and tracing his spiritual evolution as a writer. Until early February 1944, David was able to smuggle some 73,000 words from the camp to his best friend Karel van het Reve, a non-Jew. With an informative introduction, annotation, and list of dramatis personae by Robert Jan van Pelt, At the Edge of the Abyss offers an immediate and wholly original look into the life of a concentration camp prisoner. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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