{"product_id":"helgas-diary-9780241959503","title":"Helgas Diary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank''  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn''t even a hair left. I didn''t even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to their home, their relatives and all that they knew, and were interned in the Nazi concentration camp of Terezín. For the next three years, Helga documented her experiences there, and those of her friends and family, in a diary. Then they were sent to Auschwitz, and the diary was left behind, hidden in a wall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelga was one of a tiny number of Jewish children from Prague to survive the holocaust. After she returned home, she eventually managed to retrieve her diary and completed the journal of her experiences. The result is one of the most vivid first-hand accounts of the Holocaust ever to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA moving testimony to the courage, endurance and painfully premature maturity of the young victims of the Holocaust * Financial Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733388144983,"sku":"9780241959503","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241959503.jpg?v=1719999983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/helgas-diary-9780241959503","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}