SettingsWriters who died in Nazi concentration camps
Anna Sophia Polak
Anna Sophia Polak (1874—February 26, 1943) was a Jewish feminist and author.
Anna Sophia Polak (1874—February 26, 1943) was a Jewish feminist and author.
Anne Frank
Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Antal Szerb
Antal Szerb (May 1, 1901, Budapest - January 27, 1945, Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer.
Antal Szerb (May 1, 1901, Budapest - January 27, 1945, Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer.
Camill Hoffmann
Camill Hoffmann was a Jewish Czechoslovak diplomat and writer born in 1878.
Camill Hoffmann was a Jewish Czechoslovak diplomat and writer born in 1878.
David Koker
The Jewish student David Koker lived with his family in Amsterdam until he was captured on the night of 11 February 1943 and transported to camp Vught.
The Jewish student David Koker lived with his family in Amsterdam until he was captured on the night of 11 February 1943 and transported to camp Vught.
Denes Friedmann
Denes Friedmann (1903-1944) was an Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest (Newpest), Hungary.
Denes Friedmann (1903-1944) was an Hungarian writer and Chief Rabbi in Újpest (Newpest), Hungary.
Else Feldmann
Else Feldmann (February 25, 1884, Vienna - 1942, Sobibor extermination camp) was an Austrian writer, playwright, poet, socialist journalist, and victim of the Holocaust.
Else Feldmann (February 25, 1884, Vienna - 1942, Sobibor extermination camp) was an Austrian writer, playwright, poet, socialist journalist, and victim of the Holocaust.
Else Ury
Else Ury (November 1, 1877 in Berlin; January 13, 1943 in the Auschwitz concentration camp) was a German writer and children's book author.
Else Ury (November 1, 1877 in Berlin; January 13, 1943 in the Auschwitz concentration camp) was a German writer and children's book author.
Erich Mühsam
Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German-Jewish anarchist essayist, poet and playwright.
Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German-Jewish anarchist essayist, poet and playwright.
Etty Hillesum
Esther "Etty" Hillesum was a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943 describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation.
Esther "Etty" Hillesum was a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943 describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation.
Fritz Löhner-Beda
Fritz Löhner-Beda (June 24, 1883 – December 4, 1942), born Friedrich Löwy, was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer.
Fritz Löhner-Beda (June 24, 1883 – December 4, 1942), born Friedrich Löwy, was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer.
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
Friedrich Percival Reck-Malleczewen (August 11, 1884 – February 16, 1945) was a German author.
Friedrich Percival Reck-Malleczewen (August 11, 1884 – February 16, 1945) was a German author.
Helga Deen
Helga Deen (Stettin, Germany, 6 April 1925 – Sobibor, 16 July 1943) was the author of a diary, discovered in 2004, which describes her stay in a Dutch prison camp, Kamp Vught, where she was ...
Helga Deen (Stettin, Germany, 6 April 1925 – Sobibor, 16 July 1943) was the author of a diary, discovered in 2004, which describes her stay in a Dutch prison camp, Kamp Vught, where she was ...
Hélène Berr
Hélène Berr (27 March 1921 – April 1945) was a Jewish French woman, who documented her life in a diary during the time of Nazi occupation of France.
Hélène Berr (27 March 1921 – April 1945) was a Jewish French woman, who documented her life in a diary during the time of Nazi occupation of France.
Ida Jenbach
Hungarian born Ida Jenbach was a playwright and screenwriter for German and Austrian cinema during the 1920s.
Hungarian born Ida Jenbach was a playwright and screenwriter for German and Austrian cinema during the 1920s.
Ilya Fondaminsky
Ilya Isidorovich Fondaminsky (Илья′ Исидо′рович Фондами′нский, 1880, Moscow, Russia — November 19, 1942, Auschwitz, Nazi Germany) was a Jewish Russian author (writing under the pseudonym B...
Ilya Isidorovich Fondaminsky (Илья′ Исидо′рович Фондами′нский, 1880, Moscow, Russia — November 19, 1942, Auschwitz, Nazi Germany) was a Jewish Russian author (writing under the pseudonym B...
Irène Némirovsky
Irène Némirovsky was a French novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany occupied Poland.
Irène Némirovsky was a French novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany occupied Poland.
Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish-Jewish educator, children's author, and pediatrician known as Pan Doktor or Stary Doktor.
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish-Jewish educator, children's author, and pediatrician known as Pan Doktor or Stary Doktor.
Josef Čapek
Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet.
Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet.
Jura Soyfer
Jura Soyfer (December 8, 1912.
Jura Soyfer (December 8, 1912.
Józef Stefan Godlewski
Józef Stefan Godlewski (b. August 5, 1894 in Warsaw - September 6, 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish writer.
Józef Stefan Godlewski (b. August 5, 1894 in Warsaw - September 6, 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish writer.
Kazimierz Zdziechowski
Kazimierz Zdziechowski, also known under pseudonyms Władysław Zdora, Władysław Mouner, (1878–1942) was a Polish landowner, prose writer, publicist, literary critic and novelist.
Kazimierz Zdziechowski, also known under pseudonyms Władysław Zdora, Władysław Mouner, (1878–1942) was a Polish landowner, prose writer, publicist, literary critic and novelist.
Konstanty Troczyński
Konstanty Troczyński (b. December 9, 1906 in Częstochowa - 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish literature theoretician and critic.
Konstanty Troczyński (b. December 9, 1906 in Częstochowa - 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish literature theoretician and critic.
Maria Skobtsova
Maria Skobtsova (1891–1945), known as Mother Maria (Мать Мария), Saint Mary (or Mother Maria) of Paris, born Elizaveta Yurievna Pilenko (Елизавета Юрьевна Пиленко), Kuzmina-Karavayeva'...
Maria Skobtsova (1891–1945), known as Mother Maria (Мать Мария), Saint Mary (or Mother Maria) of Paris, born Elizaveta Yurievna Pilenko (Елизавета Юрьевна Пиленко), Kuzmina-Karavayeva'...
Milena Jesenská
Milena Jesenská was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator, who refused to abandon her Jewish friends and was deported with several of them to Ravensbruck concentration camp, where sh...
Milena Jesenská was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator, who refused to abandon her Jewish friends and was deported with several of them to Ravensbruck concentration camp, where sh...
Petr Ginz
Petr Ginz (February 1, 1928 – September 28, 1944) was a Czechoslovak boy of Jewish descent who was deported to the Terezín concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Petr Ginz (February 1, 1928 – September 28, 1944) was a Czechoslovak boy of Jewish descent who was deported to the Terezín concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Ruth Maier
Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...
Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...
Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis
Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis (born Wilhelm Stepper; his given name is also rendered as Vily, Vilmos or William; September 3, 1899 – ?) was an Austro-Hungarian, Hungarian and Romania...
Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis (born Wilhelm Stepper; his given name is also rendered as Vily, Vilmos or William; September 3, 1899 – ?) was an Austro-Hungarian, Hungarian and Romania...