The Beautiful Days of My Youth
Reading Details
Recommendation
Textual and End Material
Beginning Material
- Epilogue: Ana's last few entries
- Glossary explains German camp terms
- Notes on historical events that were referenced
- Index
Summary
- Imprecise Table of contents
- Preface that summarizes Ana's story
- Introduction where she explains her background
I would definitely recommend this book!
- It's emotionally moving
- It has interesting history
- The format is easy to understand
Visual material
- Ana Novac writes a journal while in concentration camps
- She goes through some bad experiences and meets new people
Author and Background of Ana Novak
- Zimra Harsanyi is her maiden name
- Born in northern Transylvania in 1929
- Her father was a disliked lawyer
- Ana was born Jewish
- She writes about her time in Auschwitz and Plaszow
Lesson Learned
Characters
The Other Campers
Ana Novac
- Sophie- her best friend
- Juliette- the actress
- The Fawks- three sisters
- Survives through writing
- Is descriptive of other characters
- Risky and rebellious
The Authorities
- Fritzes: German soldiers
- Konhauser
- "Doll face"
- The Commando