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Description for Five Chimneys
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Having lost her husband, her parents, and her two young sons to the Nazi exterminators, Olga Lengyel had little to live for during her seven-month internment in Auschwitz. Only Lengyel's work in the prisoners' underground resistance and the need to tell this story kept her fighting for survival. She survived by her wit and incredible strength. Despite her horrifying closeness to the subject, FIVE CHIMNEYS does not retreat into self-pity or sensationalism. When first published (two years after World War 2 ended), Albert Einstein was so moved by her story that he wrote a personal letter to Lengyel, thanking her ... Read more
Having lost her husband, her parents, and her two young sons to the Nazi exterminators, Olga Lengyel had little to live for during her seven-month internment in Auschwitz. Only Lengyel's work in the prisoners' underground resistance and the need to tell this story kept her fighting for survival. She survived by her wit and incredible strength. Despite her horrifying closeness to the subject, FIVE CHIMNEYS does not retreat into self-pity or sensationalism. When first published (two years after World War 2 ended), Albert Einstein was so moved by her story that he wrote a personal letter to Lengyel, thanking her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780897333764
SKU
V9780897333764
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-41
About Olga Lengyel
Olga Lengyel
Reviews for Five Chimneys
Thank you for your very frank, very well-written book. You have done a real service by letting the ones who are now silent and most forgotten speak...
Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein.