translated and abridged bv DEREK BOWMAN
Read by Nicholas Barnes The diary was begun when Dawid was 12 and consists of five exercise books. He and his family lived in Krajno. Poland. where his father owned a small dairy. Dawid kept his diury from
March 1940. by which time the Germans had already invaded. It was not discovered until 1960 and was published in Warsaw the same year. Thesoundof hisuoung voice reading this catalogue of horrors in such quietly expressive tones has haunted this listener for daus.
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Infused with feeling, it was at the same time immensely mntter-of-fact, unsentimental and devoid of self-pity. (THE TIMES) Producer PAT TRUEMAN