Mala : ein Leben und eine Liebe in Auschwitz

A biography of Mala Zimetbaum, a Belgian Jewish woman, who was born in 1918 in Brzesko, Poland. In 1928 her family immigrated to Belgium. She was deported in 1942 from Antwerpen to Auschwitz, where she was active in Jewish resistance; she helped many of her fellow prisoners in the camp and even saved the lives of some of them. In 1944 she managed to escape with her friend, Edward Galiński, a Polish political prisoner, but thirteen days later they were caught and returned to Auschwitz, where they were to be executed. Galiński committed suicide; Zimetbaum attempted to commit suicide, was taken to the infirmary, and subsequently died. Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159). 165 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm