# The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel - Hardcover

by **Antonio Iturbe** (Author), **Lilit Thwaites** (Translator), **Salva Rubio** (Adapted by)

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.

Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.

### Author Biography

**Antonio Iturbe** lives in Spain, where he is both a novelist and a journalist. He is the author of _The Prince of the Skies_ and _The Librarian of Auschwitz_, for which he interviewed Dita Kraus, the real-life librarian of Auschwitz.

**Salva Rubio** is a Spanish author and historian. His credits include the graphic novels _Monet: Itinerant of Light_ and _The Photographer of Mauthausen_.

**Loreto Aroca** is a Spanish artist and a graduate of the University of Castilla-La Mancha. She previously won the school's Luna de Aire Award, honoring the best poetry aimed at children, for her and Fran Pintadera's book _Portrait of the Pinzón Family_ _(Retrato de la familia Pinzón)_.

**Lilit Zekulin Thwaites** is an award-winning Melbourne-based literary translator (Spanish>English). Her book-length translations include the bestselling _The Librarian of Auschwitz_ (Antonio Iturbe, 2017), _Australian Connection_ (multiple authors, 2019), and two futuristic novels by Rosa Montero, _Tears in Rain_ (2012), and _Weight of the Heart_. (2016). In 2016, she was awarded Spain's Order of Civil Merit for her promotion of Spanish culture in Australia.

**Number of Pages:** 144

**Dimensions:** 0.45 x 10.25 x 7.35 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 03, 2023

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