Not all the Characters are likeable, for sooo many reasons, they are based on real characters, and some of them are horrific but harshly real, the Soldiers for example, how they treated people was unimaginable but it happened. I appreciate what the authors tried to do and it is possible that the story line lost something in translation.

The true sto­ry of Dita Kraus, a young Jew­ish woman who sur­vived Auschwitz, was fic­tion­al­ized in Anto­nio Iturbe’s Span­ish-lan­guage nov­el, trans­lat­ed into Eng­lish in 2017. I know that this was a story meant to be told, and although some non-fiction was also added, there was not much indication in the book of what that was. The first story that popped up was about her lighting a torch for Holocaust remembrance in 2014, and the story transcribed her speech.

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. After reading her story, I was assured that no matter what happens in life, our human spirit can overcome the worst. Cooper who is not known as a literate genius wrote an amazing account of children in the holocaust when he wrote the second Edelweiss Pirates novel "Edelweiss Express". Dita's story was written with compassion and understanding, but what I appreciated most was that it wasn't too graphic. That is where Dita came in, she was tasked with protecting the books as they passed from teacher to teacher and was to hide them in Hirsch's office at the end of the day.

Dita is just 14years old and has been chosen and trusted to be the class librarian of Block 31, now you might think oh well it's only a librarian, but books are banned and anyone caught with them are sentenced to death! Books are hard to come by, as many of them have been burned and deemed ‘blasphemous’ and ‘against the Fuhrer’, so Dita knows the job is a dangerous one. First of all I just want to take a moment to admire the cover, it's absolutely stunning and I think it represents the book perfectly.The narrative closely follows Dita Kraus, a 14 year old girl in the Auschwitz family camp and her experiences as the keeper and protector of eight forbidden books. They are taught the basics, but it is books such as "The Librarian of Auschwitz" bring the stories of the people who suffered so endlessly to life.

Her parents are very loving and try to shield her from the difficulties they face until the Occupation when her Father loses his job. Dita ha una grandissima passione per i libri, ma sa bene che ad ad Auschwitz i libri sono proibiti, pena la morte.A harrowing graphic novel that kept me turning the pages, it sheds light on the horrors of war and what prisoners were subjected to. Iturbe retains the dignity and full horror of Dita's situation, while creating a narrative of hope and bravery in the face of fear. I’ve owned the ebook since it was released - but when one has read as many books about the holocaust as I have ( as many of us have).