Auschwitz lullaby

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Label

Auschwitz lullaby

Statement of responsibility

Mario Escobar

Creator

• Escobar, Mario, 1971-
• trueEscobar, Mario, 1971-

Contributor

• trueEscobar, Mario, 1971-
• Abernathy, Gretchen

Author

• Escobar, Mario, 1971-

Translator

• Abernathy, Gretchen

Subject

• trueChild prisoners
• trueConcentration camp inmates
• Concentration camp inmates -- Fiction
• trueFamilies
• trueGermany
• trueHistorical fiction
• Historical fiction
• trueHolocaust (1933-1945)
• trueMengele, Josef, 1911-1979
• trueNurses
• truePersecution by Nazis
• truePoland
• trueRomanies
• trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
• trueTranslations -- Spanish to English
• War stories
• trueWar stories
• trueWomen prisoners
• trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Fiction
• Romanies -- Nazi persecution -- Fiction
• trueAuschwitz (Concentration camp)
• Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction

Genre

• trueTranslations
• trueWar stories
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home. Helene's worst fears come true when the police, under strict orders from the SS, demand that her children and husband, all of Romani heritage, be taken into custody. Though Helene is German and safe from the forces invading her home, she refuses to leave her family--sealing her fate in a way she never could have imagined. After a terrifying trek across the continent, Helene and her family arrive at Auschwitz and are thrown into the chaos of the camp. Her husband, Johann, is separated from them, but Helene remains fiercely protective of her children and those around her. When the powers-that-be discover that Helene is not only a German but also a trained nurse, she is forced into service at the camp hospital, which is overseen by the notorious Dr. Mengele himself. Helene is under no illusions in terms of Dr. Mengele's intentions, but she agrees to cooperate when he asks her to organize a day care and school for the Romani children in the camp. Though physically and emotionally brutalized by the conditions at Auschwitz, Helene musters the strength to protect the children in her care at any cost. Through sheer force of will, Helene provides a haven for the children of Auschwitz--an act of kindness and selflessness so great that it illuminates the darkest night of human history

Member of

• trueCancion de cuna de Auschwitz
• Canción de cuna de Auschwitz

Theme

• trueLife during wartime

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

863/.7

Index

no index present

LC call number

PQ6705.S618

LC item number

C3613 2018

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult