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Necropolis

Boris Pahor, Michael Biggins, Alan Yentob

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A classic of Holocaust literature from the camps' oldest known survivor; introduced by Alan Yentob

Boris Pahor spent the last fourteen months of World War II as a prisoner and medic in the Nazi camps at Bergen-Belsen, Harzungen, Dachau and Natzweiler-Struthof. Twenty years later, as he visited the preserved remains of a camp, his experiences came back to him: the emaciated prisoners; the ragged, zebra-striped uniforms; the infirmary reeking of dysentery and death.Necropolis is Pahor's stirring account of providing medical aid to prisoners in the face of the utter brutality of the camps - and coming to terms with the guilt of surviving when millions did not. It is a classic account of the Holocaust and a powerful act of remembrance.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
192
Publisher:
Canongate Books
ISBN:
9781838852290
Published Date:
23/1/2020
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 12mm
Weight:
133g
Category:
Memoirs

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781838852290


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