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.