Salvaged pages : young writers' diaries of the Holocaust /

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Edition:Second edition.
Imprint:New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2015.
Description:xxxi, 502 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10354950
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Other authors / contributors:Zapruder, Alexandra. editor of compilation. author.
ISBN:0300205996
9780300205992
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-480) and index.
Selections of diaries are from various languages, translated into English.
Summary:Presents excerpts from the Holocaust diaries of fifteen young people, ranging in age from twelve to twenty-two, each with an introductory essay that looks at the writer, and the historical context of the diary, with a study of the text and its relevance in the context of Holocaust history or literature. Includes a list of over fifty additional known diaries written by young people during the period.
Awards:National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust, 2001-2002 (for first edition).

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