Charlotte Delbo

Charlotte Delbo
Delbo with her camp number tattoo visible
Delbo with her camp number tattoo visible
Born(1913-08-10)10 August 1913
Vigneux-sur-Seine, Essonne, France
Died1 March 1985(1985-03-01) (aged 71)
Paris
Occupationplaywright, memoirist
NationalityFrench
Periodlate 20th century
SubjectHolocaust
Notable worksAuschwitz and After

Charlotte Delbo (10 August 1913 – 1 March 1985) was a French writer chiefly known for her haunting memoirs of her time as a prisoner in Auschwitz, where she was sent for her activities as a member of the French Resistance.[1]

  1. ^ Elizabeth Roberts Baer, Myrna Goldenberg (2003), Experience and Expression: Women, the Nazis, and the Holocaust, Wayne State University, ISBN 978-0-8143-3063-0