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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Klein, Eugène (1898-19..)
Titre(s) : The wolves [Texte imprimé] : testimony of a deportee : prisoner no. 126026 / Eugène Klein ; translation [from French] by Matthew Mogulescu Ross
Publication : Paris : le Manuscrit, impr. 2022
Impression : 78-Maurepas : Impr. Lightning source France
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (134 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Collection : The eyewitness accounts of the Shoah collection
Lien à la collection : "Eyewitness accounts of the Shoah"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Mogulescu Ross, Matthew. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Juifs -- Persécutions -- 1900-1945
Konzentrationslager Auschwitz
Genre ou forme : Récits personnels juifs
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.531 8538 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Ghettos et camps d'extermination - Pologne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-2-304-04975-6 (br.) : 13,90 EUR
EAN 9782304049756
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47142702j
Notice n° :
FRBNF47142702
Résumé : Eugène Klein led an extraordinary life, whose many facets he weaves together in this
rich and unique account. Eugène grew up destitute in Hungary. He enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian
Army during World War I and served in several theaters, including the Carpathian Front,
where living conditions were harsh. He found happiness in France during the interwar
period. He ran footraces, and his athletic talent allowed him to settle in France
and start a family there. As a Jew, Eugène and his family faced persecution by the
Nazis: They were arrested in Paris on May 1, 1943 and deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau
in Poland. After surviving forced labor and a «death march», Eugène would be reunited
with his wife, but his son would never return. This dignified account highlights the
intelligence and integrity of a man who was both physically and mentally exceptional.
With the maturity of age, Eugène combines sincerity with restraint to deliver an account
devoid of useless moralizing. Through a series of flashbacks, he demonstrates how
his survival in the Nazi camps was certainly due to luck, but also to his prior life
experiences, since he had already come face-to-face with humiliation, bitter cold,
hunger and mass death, inhumane conditions... and wolves. [source éditeur]
