Books by Krystyna Zywulska
“This book was really important for me to include because if you tell the story of Auschwitz, the biggest story is the extermination of the Jews. But how do you tell that story from the point of view of somebody who was there at Birkenau but was not exterminated? The answer for me, in terms of finding a really comprehensive memoir, was to have somebody who was Jewish, who saw the annihilation of her own people, but because of this mask that she wore was able to save herself.” Read more...
The best books on Concentration Camps
Andrea Pitzer, Journalist
Interviews where books by Krystyna Zywulska were recommended
The best books on Concentration Camps, recommended by Andrea Pitzer
Most of us associate concentration camps with Nazi Germany, but they are not, in fact, relics of the past or confined to one particular episode of history. Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, talks us through memoirs and books that illuminate a tool that has been widely used, since the late 19th century, for the mass detention of civilians without trial.
