There was lively interest today when IAC Executive Vice President Christoph Heubner read from his new book ‘Als Wir die Maikäfer waren’ (When we were the Maybugs). It is the final volume in his trilogy of Auschwitz stories published by the Steidl Verlag. And this is the first time that the IAC has been represented at the Leipzig Book Fair: 27 to 30 April, Hall 4 Stand A 303.
Ich sehe Hunde, die an der Leine reißen (I see dogs straining at their leashes)
Durch die Knochen bis ins Herz (Through the bones to the heart)
Als wir Maikäfer waren (When we were the May bugs)
At the Leipzig Book Fair Christoph Heubner read from his stories published by the Steidl Verlag. The author describes the experiences of Holocaust survivors with profound empathy and powerful words. They are stories about the women and men who he met time and again over very many years as Executive Vice President of the International Auschwitz Committee. In his books Christoph Heubner gives a voice to them, to their memories of the times in the Nazi concentration camps and to their warnings of re-emerging racism in Europe and the world.
His reading in Leipzig was very well attended, especially by young people.
The International Auschwitz Committee considers it particularly important to demonstrate its presence at this time, just as the survivors themselves feel it is crucial to pass on their memories to the coming generations. However, they want not only to share their memories from the world of ashes and barbed wire, but also their experiences in their life ‘after’ those horrific ordeals. The massive increase in anti-Semitism, far-right extremist violence, populist hatred and absurd conspiracy theories, which are always essentially anti-Semitic, are now weighing heavily on the survivors, but they are also reinforcing their determined stance today.
From Friday 28 April, Christoph Heubner, author and Executive Vice President of the International Auschwitz Committee, will be available for talks and interviews at the Leipzig Book Fair.
From 27 to 30 April we will be at the Leipzig Book Fair in in Hall 4 at Stand A 303
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