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Fragments of Isabella: A Memoir of Auschwitz
Written by Isabella Leitner
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In 1944, the day after Isabella Katz’s twenty-third birthday, all the Jews in the ghetto in Kisvárda, Hungary, were deported to Auschwitz.
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Isabella Leitner
Isabella Leitner (1921-2009) was born and raised in Hungary. A Holocaust survivor, her acclaimed memoir Fragments of Isabella was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. In 1945, she immigrated to the United States and married Irving A. Leitner; together they had two sons, Peter and Richard, whom she considered her greatest victory over Hitler. Leitner also wrote Saving the Fragments: From Auschwitz to New York and The Big Lie: A True Story.
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