Libro Vendulka: Flight to Freedom De Kundra, Ondrej ; Turner, Gerald

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Ondrej Kundra

Traducido por

Gerald Turner

Editorial

Karolinum Press, Charles University

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

200

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

19.8 x 13.0 x 1.3 cm

Peso

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9788024646534

Categorías

Judíos
Biografías
El holocausto

Vendulka: Flight to Freedom

Ondrej Kundra (Autor) · Gerald Turner (Traducido por) · Karolinum Press, Charles University · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Vendulka: Flight to Freedom"

So many lives were cut short by the Holocaust, many with no trace to leave behind for future generations to remember. Vendulka tells the story of a single scrap of remembrance--a candid photograph taken in the midst of this unspeakable tragedy--and that artifact's amazing aftermath. Famed Czech photographer Jan Lukas snapped an offhand portrait of twelve-year-old Vendulka Vogl in March 1943. A friend of the Vogls, Lukas was saying goodbye to the family, who were soon to leave Prague for a concentration camp. The photograph almost didn't see the light of day--Lukas knew that if the Nazis found it on him, he could wind up in the camps as well--but the image was eventually developed and came to symbolize the Holocaust and humanize its victims. Seventy years after this famous picture was taken, investigative journalist Ondřej Kundra discovered that, despite all odds, Vendulka Vogl had survived the camps of Terezín, Auschwitz, and Christianstadt, and was in fact still alive and living in the United States. Kundra persuaded her to tell the remarkable story surrounding the photograph: her survival, her later decision to flee the Communist regime for America, and how she later reconnected with Jan Lukas, maintaining a lifelong friendship. Vogl's thrillingly moving story, Kundra's sharp and engaging writing, and Lukas's striking photography all combine to make Vendulka an inspiring investigation into the horrors of totalitarianism and the redemptive beauty of friendship.