Survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution
Dita Kraus (Part 2): The Librarian of Auschwitz and Her Fight to Live
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Deported to Auschwitz at just fourteen, Dita Kraus (née Polachová) risked her life to guard a handful of smuggled books for the children’s block — becoming the librarian of Auschwitz.
From the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau to the final days in Bergen-Belsen, Dita endured starvation, loss, and unimaginable cruelty yet never surrendered her humanity.
After liberation, she rebuilt her life, carrying a message stronger than vengeance — “Do not hate.”
Part 2 of Dita Kraus’s remarkable story – the Auschwitz librarian who turned survival into hope.
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