Assess the context of this document.   Was it used outside its time, e.g. something written in 1848 being used in 1918, or written in 1848 discussing an event in 1799?   Did someone take this document and use it in another context?   If so, how does this change from the original meaning?   What are some thoughts and reflections on this primary source?

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Title 

The beautiful days of my youth : my six months in Auschwitz and Plaszow / Ana Novac ; translated from the French by George L. Newman ; preface and notes by Myrna Goldenberg. 

Author 

Novac, Ana. 

Published 

New York : Henry Holt, 1997. 

 
 

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LOCATION 

CALL # 

STATUS 

 General Collection 

 D805.P7 Z8713 1997   

 AVAILABLE 

Description 

xix, 314 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm. 

Preferred Title 

Beaux jours de ma jeunesse. English 

Edition 

First American edition. 

Series 

Edge books 

Note 

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-307) and index. 

Subject 

Novac, Ana. 

 

Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 

 

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. 

 

Autobiographies. 

Standard # 

0805050183 acid-free paper 

 

Assess the context of this document.  

Was it used outside its time, e.g. something written in 1848 being used in 1918, or written in 1848 discussing an event in 1799?  

Did someone take this document and use it in another context?  

If so, how does this change from the original meaning?  

What are some thoughts and reflections on this primary source?

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