Night of the Girondists
Presser, Jacques1992
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First published in the UK in 1958 as "Breaking Point", this novel tells of Westerbork, the transit camp from which Dutch Jews were despatched to Auschwitz. At the heart of the camp system was the desperate competition among victims to buy an extra day's survival at the expense of another's death.
Main title:
Night of the Girondists / Jacques Presser ; with a foreword by Primo Levi ; translated from the Dutch by Barrows Mussey.
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Imprint:
[London] : Harvill, 1992, c1958.
Collation:
xii,79p. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Originally published: as Breaking point. London : Muller, 1959.Translation of: De Nacht der Girondijnen.
ISBN:
9780002712095 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.31364RS
Language:
EnglishDutch
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BRN:
266825