Athens - Auschwitz /
Athens, Auschwitz
by Errikos Sevillias ; translated and introduced by Nikos Stavroulakis.
- English edition
- Athens, Greece : Lycabettus Press, c1983.
- xxii, 109 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits and map ; 21 cm.
Includes Greek text on title verso. Table of contents include a list of illustrations that depict the author's family members before the war. "Errikos Sevillas was struck and killed by a motorcycle on 22 May 1974. The manuscript of this book was found among his papers after he died. His widow, Rachel, and his daughter, Liza are living in Athens. Liza married Youli Kohen and they have a son, Abis, born on 22 September 1976." - From the end of the book, page 91.
Includes bibliographic references (pages 107-109).
Historical outline -- The occupation and the Final Solution : The German occupation zone -- The Bulgarian occupation zone -- The Italian occupation zone. Introduction / Nikos Stavroulakis. Arrest -- Haidari -- The tragic train -- Auschwitz -- Hospital I -- D camp -- Crematoria -- Routine -- Revolt -- Last days at Auschwitz -- Near Breslau -- Hospital II -- Liberation -- Return. First page of Sevilla's manuscript -- Wedding photograph -- Daniel Sevillas, on the right -- Joseph Rais -- Joseph Namer -- Jamie Kohen -- David Persiades -- Errikos, Rachel, and Lisa Sevillas in Athens 1946. List of Illustrations /
"Holocaust memoirs of a Jew from Athens (1901-1974); the manuscript was found among his papers after he died. The editor has added an introduction (p. vii-xxii) and notes. Sevillias relates his arrest by the Nazis in March 1944, his deportation to Auschwitz, conditions in the camp, and his transfer to a labor camp in Breslau in October 1944, where he remained until liberation in May 1945." - From WorldCat