# The Diary of Petr Ginz

Canonical: https://www.archivodelibros.es/petr-ginz/en/the-diary-of-petr-ginz/9781843545545

- Libro: [The Diary of Petr Ginz](https://www.archivodelibros.es/petr-ginz/en/the-diary-of-petr-ginz) ([The Diary of Petr Ginz.md](https://www.archivodelibros.es/petr-ginz/en/the-diary-of-petr-ginz.md))
- Autores: [Petr Ginz](https://www.archivodelibros.es/petr-ginz), [Elena Lappin](https://www.archivodelibros.es/elena-lappin)
- Editorial: atlantic_books
- ISBN: 978-18-4354-554-5
- Páginas: 1
- Publicación: 2008-02-01
- Idioma: en_GB
- Encuadernación: Softcover

## Descripción

Petr Ginz was a Czech ‘Mischling’ who was sent to Theresienstadt work camp in 1942, aged 13. Two years later he was sent to his death in Auschwitz. His recently-discovered diaries make for mesmerizing and poignant reading. In 1941, Petr Ginz was a young teenager living in Prague with his parents and sister. Adventurous, artistic and optimistic, he wrote poems and novels and edited a children’s magazine inside the work camp at Theresienstadt. Originally written in his special code-language, Petr’s diaries described daily life for the Ginz family and documented the introduction of anti-Jewish laws from a young adult’s point of view – pithy and unsentimental. The writing stopped in 1942 when Petr received his summons, but the books survived in a Prague attic. They recently came to light in extraordinary circumstances and, they were published in the CzechRepublic in 2005 to a storm of publicity. Edited by his sister, Chava, and including background material and beautiful reproductions of Petr’s artwork, this book encapsulates the soul and wisdom of a child caught in an adults’ war.