The Book
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The Girls of Room 28
Friendship, Hope, and Survival in Theresienstadt
by © Hannelore Brenner, Berlin, 1998
translated by John E. Woods and Shelley Frisch
Published by Schocken Books, New York, 2009
Available through: www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com
The German Edition is available here.
Reviews and echoes
This beautiful evocation of heartwarming friendship in the darkest of times is unforgettable.
Elie Wiesel
The insights of the survivors and stories of the camp's victims are unforgettable and full of poignant humanity, conveyed through letters, photos, diaries, and remembrances…Well detailed and inspiring, Brenner's book… pays glowing tribute to these heroic survivors.
Publishers Weekly
It is the first book that I know where the focus is not primarily directed at the description of the condition but the effect on and the reaction of the prisoners. This provides a much better portrait of the crises and distress that prevailed in Theresienstadt than even the most exact depiction. Thus, one often feels to be an eyewitness, similar to reading a good novel or watching a fine play on the stage. At the same time, it combines many historical events in such a way that the objective and the subjective reinforce each other.
Ernest Seinfeld, survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, USA
Brenner chronicles the remarkable artistic experiments undertaken by the girls, especially their enthusiastic production of the children’s opera Brundibár. An inspiring story of courage rendered through impressive personal and historical detail.
Kirkus Reviews
A piece of dramatically told history… The diary of the young Viennese Helga Pollak must unquestionably be mentioned in the same breath as Anne Frank's diary.
Die Presse, Vienna
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