Overview
En el 80 aniversario de la liberación de Auschwitz, un testimonio memorable, un relato profundamente conmovedor.
Premio Babelio de No Ficción
En mayo de 2006, dentro del marco del proyecto «Memorias de la Shoah», Simone Veil decide contar su vida frente a una cámara: el sol de Niza, la existencia despreocupada en el seno de una familia unida, republicana y laica, la guerra, la Ocupación… y, el 13 de abril de 1944, el convoy 71 que la llevará junto a su madre y su hermana a Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Con gran vivacidad, mucho detalle y grandes dosis de ironía, Veil relata sus dieciocho meses en los campos de exterminio: el frío, el hambre, las vejaciones, las amistades, la relación entre los hombres y las mujeres, la «marcha de la muerte» a Bergen-Belsen y el retorno con sus renovadas dosis de humillación. La icónica abanderada de los derechos de la mujer y del compromiso con la memoria nos advierte de que solo con la esperanza de que la Shoah no se olvidade o se banalice es posible calmar el dolor de quienes la padecieron.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
SIMONE VEIL UNPUBLISHED
In the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a memorable testimony, a profoundly moving tale.
Babelio Award for Non-Fiction
In May 2006, within the frame of the project “Shoah Memories,” Simone Veil decides to tell her life story in front of a camera: the sun in Nice, the careless existence in a close-knit, republican, secular family, the war, the occupation... and on April 13th, 1944, the 71 convoy that took her, her mother, and her sister to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
With ample vivacity, much detail, and a great dose of irony, Veil recounts her eighteen months at the extermination camp: the cold, the hunger, the indignities, the friendships, the relationships between men and women, the “march of death” to Bergen-Belsen, and their return, with a renovated dose of humiliation. This iconic flag-bearer for women’s rights and for the commitment to memory warns us that only by hoping the Shoah isn’t forgotten nor trivialized, the pain of those who endured it might be eased.
This book title, Solo la esperanza calma el dolor/ Only Hope Soothes the Pain, ISBN: 9788426431226, by Simone Veil, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (May 20, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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