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Édouard Axelrad

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Édouard Axelrad (10 June 1918 – 2006) was a French writer.

Biography

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Axelrad was born in Paris in June 1918. During the Holocaust, Axelrad was detained at Auschwitz because of his Jewish heritage. Due to his talent as painter, a Nazi official spared his life. Axelrad was held at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II, as he detailed in his 1988 book Le Jaune.[1] Axelrad died in 2006.[2]

Works

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  • L'Arche ensevelie, 1959
  • La Terre de la gazelle
  • Marie Casse-croûte, 1985, Prix RTL grand public 1985
  • Le Jaune, 1988
  • La cavale irlandaise, 1991
  • Au Fil du fleuve, 1994

Notes

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  1. ^ "Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux - Ina.fr". Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux - Ina.fr.
  2. ^ Édouard AXELRAD Profile In: gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.