Presentation of the book “Marcel Nadjary, Manuscripts 1944–1947” which reveals the written testimony from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp of the Greek Jew from Thessaloniki, Marcel Nadjary will be held on Wednesday, September 26th, at 19:00 at the Hellenic American Union Theater, 22 Massalias Street, Athens, 2nd floor.
Marcel Nadjary was one of the few survivors of the Sonderkommando team at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The “Sonderkommando” special work unit was comprised of inmates, assigned, among others, with the task of “preparing” the gas chambers. Nadjary revealed his experience by writing a manuscript in letter form, one of the nine manuscripts found buried in the yard of the camp’s crematoria. These manuscripts are known as the “Scrolls of Auschwitz” and Nadjary's is the only one written in Greek.
This text was discovered by chance in 1980. Extremely illegible at the time, it has been deciphered and is now published in the edition presented at the event, almost completely restored. The edition comprises a second manuscript written by Nadjary after he was set free; in it, among other things, he records his acts during WWII resistance, as well as his participation, along with other Greek Jews, in the uprising of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz, in October 1944.
Speaking about the book will be: Fragkiski Abatzopoulou, Professor Emeritus at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Pavel Polian, Historian,Aleksandr Nikitiaev, Imaging Technician, responsible for the digital editing of the manuscripts, Andreas Kilian, Researcher and Nelly Nadjary, daughter of the author.
The event will be moderated by journalist Spyros Kakouriotis.
Speakers Pavel Polian, Aleksandr Nikitiaev and Andreas Kilian will speak in English without interpretation. So as to facilitate participants, the texts of their speeches will be distributed, translated into Greek.
The event is being organized by Hellenic American College / Hellenic American University in cooperation with the Hellenic American Union, Alexandria Publications and the Athens Jewish Community.
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