{"product_id":"cold-crematorium-jozsef-debreczeni","title":"Cold Crematorium (József Debreczeni)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis lost classic, a crystal clear eyewitness account of the Holocaust, has been translated into English for the first time, 70 years after it was first published.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A literary diamond... A holocaust memoir worthy of Primo Levi' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SELECTED AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many years this powerful classic of Holocaust literature was forgotten. József Debreczeni was a journalist and poet who arrived in Auschwitz in 1944. He survived the initial selection and endured twelve months of incarceration and slave labour in a series of camps. He ended up in the 'Cold Crematorium', the so-called hospital of the forced labour camp Dörnhau, where prisoners too weak to work were left to die. Debreczeni beat the odds and survived. This is his story, written in haunting, lyrical prose, compelling us to imagine the unimaginable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough published in Hungarian in 1950, the book was then lost for the next seventy years. Now, finally, this important eyewitness account takes its place among the great works of Holocaust literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN FREEDLAND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJózsef Debreczeni \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Hungarian-language novelist, poet and journalist who spent most of his life in the former Yugoslavia. He was an editor of the Hungarian daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eÜnnep\u003c\/i\u003e in Budapest, from which he was dismissed due to anti-Jewish legislation. He was later a contributor to the Hungarian media, including the newspaper \u003ci\u003eNapló\u003c\/i\u003e, in the Yugoslav region of Vojvodina, as well as leading Belgrade newspapers. He was awarded the Híd Prize, the highest distinction in Hungarian literature in the former Yugoslavia.\n\u003cb\u003ePaul Olchváry\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many books for leading publishers, including György Dragomán's \u003ci\u003eThe White King,\u003c\/i\u003e András Forgách's \u003ci\u003eNo Live Files Remain\u003c\/i\u003e, Ádám Bodor's\u003ci\u003e The Sinistra Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, Vilmos Kondor's \u003ci\u003eBudapest Noir \u003c\/i\u003eand Károly Pap's \u003ci\u003eAzarel\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received translation awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN America, and Hungary's Milán Füst Foundation. His shorter translations have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAGNI \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63611667579229,"sku":"K097796007","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/240961-9779600700001A.jpg?v=1771986447","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/cold-crematorium-jozsef-debreczeni","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}