The Journal of Hélène Berr

Kept as a family heirloom until its publication in 2007, Hélène Berr’s journal begins in the spring of 1942 and recounts her life as a Jew in Paris under the Occupation. This compelling narrative ends two years later, when she and her family were deported to Auschwitz. Ms. Berr died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945, just two weeks before British troops liberated the camp. The journal is translated by David Bellos.

(2009, Paperback, 304 pages)