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Jirí Weil
Jiří Weil (1900 - 1959) was a famous Czech writer whose works include the two novels Life with a Star and Mendelssohn is on the Roof .
Life and work
In 1942, like all Jews in Prague he was summoned for transportation to a concentration camp, escaped and hid for the remainder of World War II. In 1949 he worte Life with a Star about Jewish life in Prague before the transports. He died in Prague in 1959.
Bibliography
- Life with a Star ISBN 014118695X
- Mendelssohn is on the Roof ISBN 0374208107
External links
Last updated: 06-25-2005 08:42:55
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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