Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp by Weiss Helga

Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp by Weiss Helga

Author:Weiss, Helga [Weiss, Helga]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013-04-22T00:00:00+00:00


September 17, 1944

Ironed curtains, bunks all made up the same, and it’s clean, ever so clean here and all around the building. The girls are hurrying to get dressed (everyone’s in white blouses and blue skirts today) and fix supper. We whisper among ourselves—really, you don’t even dare speak aloud, that’s how beautiful and festive it is today. It’s the evening of the holiday Rosh Hashanah.*

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* The Jewish New Year has a fixed date in the Jewish calendar, which usually falls in September in the Christian calendar. In Judaism, the “day” starts at sundown, so the holiday starts on the evening of the previous day.



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