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In 1942 Norwegian Odd Nansen was arrested by the Nazis, and he spent the remainder of World War II in concentration camps―Grini in Oslo, Veidal above the Arctic Circle, and Sachsenhausen in Germany. For three and a half years, Nansen kept a secret diary on tissue-paper-thin pages later smuggled out by various means, including inside the prisoners' hollowed-out breadboards.Unlike writers of retrospective Holocaust memoirs, Nansen recorded the mundane and horrific details of camp life as they happened, "from day to day." With an unsparing eye, Nansen described the casual brutality and random terror that was the fate of a camp prisoner. His entries reveal his constantly frustrated hopes for an early end to the war, his longing for his wife and children, his horror at the especially barbaric treatment reserved for Jews, and his disgust at the anti-Semitism of some of his fellow Norwegians. Nansen often confronted his German jailors with unusual outspokenness and sometimes with a sense of humor and absurdity that was not appreciated by his captors.After the Putnam's edition received rave reviews in 1949, the book fell into obscurity. In 1956, in response to a poll about the "most undeservedly neglected" book of the preceding quarter-century, Carl Sandburg singled out From Day to Day, calling it "an epic narrative," which took "its place among the great affirmations of the power of the human spirit to rise above terror, torture, and death." Indeed, Nansen witnessed all the horrors of the camps, yet still saw hope for the future. He sought reconciliation with the German people, even donating the proceeds of the German edition of his book to German refugee relief work. Nansen was following in the footsteps of his father, Fridtjof, an Arctic explorer and humanitarian who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work on behalf of World War I refugees. (Fridtjof also created the "Nansen passport" for stateless persons.)This new edition, the first in over sixty-five years, contains extensive annotations and new diary selections never before translated into English. Forty sketches of camp life and death by Nansen, an architect and talented draftsman, provide a sense of immediacy and acute observation matched by the diary entries. The preface is written by Thomas Buergenthal, who was "Tommy," the ten-year-old survivor of the Auschwitz Death March, whom Nansen met at Sachsenhausen and saved using his extra food rations. Buergenthal, who later served as a judge on the International Court of Justice at The Hague, is a recipient of the 2015 Elie Wiesel Award from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press; 1 edition (April 25, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826521002
ISBN-13: 978-0826521002
Product Dimensions:  7.3 x 1.7 x 10.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:  4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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On Saturday, April 23, Mr. Boyce spoke at our local Sons of Norway Blafjell Lodge meeting. I hope you have a chance to actually hear him and to purchase his book. Any proceeds he receives will be given the U.S. Holocaust Museum and the Oslo Holocaust Museum.The hard-back is on very high quality paper, with about 20 etching, available through .com. Mr. Boyce worked on preparing the American translation for six years (research through April 2016 publication). Mr. Boyce is obviously excited about his connection with Mr. Nansen's family. Mr. Boyce shared some anecdotes about Odd's father, Fridtjof Nansen, who was famous in Norway for his exploration of the arctic and his humanitarian work with WWI refugees. Mr. Boyce then shared anecdotes about Odd Nansen. Both Nansens hated the German rule, and interrupted talks whenever they could by pointing out the German's were lying and knew they would lose the war. Perhaps two ideas of why Odd Nansen was imprisoned but never actually charged with anything: Norwegian Hitler-supporting Quisling was an absolute enemy of theirs which may have led to Odd's imprisonment, or that the Germans used this famous and well-loved family to show the other Norwegians what could happen to them if they didn't behave. The original three-volume diary was first translated into both a the "Old English" and the German languages. But after rave reviews, the book became obscure in 1949. Several "miracles" occurred making this diary available. The fact that pages were not discovered even when going through several camps, with the help of loyal Norwegians forced to work in the camps. The fact that Mr.
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