Édouard Axelrad Explained

Édouard Axelrad (10 June 1918 – 2006) was a French writer.

Biography

Axelrad was born in Paris in June 1918. During the Holocaust, Axelrad was detained at Auschwitz because of his Jewish heritage. Due to his talent as painter, a Nazi official spared his life. Axelrad was held at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II, as he detailed in his 1988 book Le Jaune.^[1] Axelrad died in 2006.^[2]

Works

• L'Arche ensevelie, 1959
• La Terre de la gazelle
• Marie Casse-croûte, 1985, Prix RTL grand public 1985
• Le Jaune, 1988
• La cavale irlandaise, 1991
• Au Fil du fleuve, 1994

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux - Ina.fr. Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux - Ina.fr.
2. https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=en&i=2158085 Édouard AXELRAD Profile