"The most shocking Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank" - Daily Telegraph

First, they took us to the taps, where they took everything from us. Literally, not a single hair was left. I didn't recognize my own mother until I heard her voice…

In 1941, at the age of 12, Helga Weiss, her mother, and father were forced to say goodbye to their home, their relatives, and everything they knew, and were imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp of Terezin. For the next three years, Helga recorded her experiences there, as well as those of her friends and family, in a diary. Later, they were sent to Auschwitz, and the diary was left behind, hidden in a wall.

Helga was one of the few Jewish children from Prague who survived the Holocaust. After returning home, she eventually managed to retrieve her diary and completed the chronicle of her experiences. The result is one of the most vivid self-portraits of the Holocaust ever retrieved.

"Anne Frank's diary ended when her family was caught for the camps: in Helga's Diary, we have a child's record of life inside the extermination factories. It illuminates the long black night that was the Holocaust" - Daily Express

"It resonates with a fierce will to survive under conditions of unparalleled cruelty. It demonstrates a rare ability to remain a keen observer and to find the right words to transmit memory into history" - New Statesman

"A poignant testimony to courage and resilience. Remarkable... what is so irresistible is the immediate experience and innocence" - Financial Times

Pages: 272, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm