![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is one of only a tiny number of Czech Jews who have survived. As Helga writes down her experiences since Terezn, completing the diary, she is 15 and a half. Helga's father is never heard of again, but miraculously Helga and her mother survive the horrors of Auschwitz, the gruelling transports of the last days of the war, and manage to return to Prague. Helga leaves her diary behind with her uncle, who bricks it into a wall to preserve it. Here Helga documents their daily life - the harsh conditions, disease, and suffering, as well as moments of friendship, creativity, and hope - until, in 1944, they are sent to Auschwitz. In 1941, Helga and her parents are sent to the concentration camp of Terezn, where they live for three years. ![]() Then deportations begin, and her friends and family start to disappear. Alongside her father and mother and the 45,000 Jews who live in Prague, she endures the Nazi invasion and regime: Her father is denied work, schools are closed to her, she and her parents are confined to their flat. In 1938, when her diary begins, Helga is eight years old. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp, by Helga Weiss. ![]()
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