2026 Book Club: “The Librarian of Auschwitz” by Antonio Iturbe
May 30 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
2026 Meetinghouse Book Club
Small and Revolutionary: Stories about Community and Transformative Change
Read along with us!
Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
May’s book: The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
Join us in Shield’s Hall for our FREE monthly book club! Tickets available below. Please get a ticket to register for the event.
About this book:
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, the award-winning The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. This edition includes a Q&A with Dita Kraus and discussion questions.
As a young girl, Dita is imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken from her home in Prague in 1939, Dita does her best to adjust to the constant terror of her new reality. But even amidst horror, human strength and ingenuity persevere. When Jewish leader Fredy Hirsch entrusts Dita with eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak into the camp, She embraces the responsibility―and so becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.
From one of the darkest chapters in history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.
