Ruth Maier's Diary

A Jewish girl's life in Nazi Europe

Ruth Maier, Jamie Bulloch

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English

Vintage
03 May 2010

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; The Holocaust

Ruth Maier's Diary is one of the most moving testimonies to emerge from this dark period of European history

Ruth Maier was born into a middle-class Jewish family in interwar Vienna. Following the Anschluss of Austria in March 1938, her world collapsed. In early 1939, her sister having left for England, Ruth emigrated to Norway and lived with a family in Lillestr m, near Oslo. Although she loved many things about her new country and its people, Ruth became increasingly isolated until she met a soulmate, Gunvor Hofmo, who was to become a celebrated poet. When Norway became a Nazi conquest in April 1940, Ruth's effort to join the rest of her family in Britain became ever more urgent.

Ruth Maier kept a diary from 1934 until she was deported to Auschwitz in 1942 at the age of twenty-two. Although she was only in her teens, she shows a sophisticated understanding of the political forces shaping Europe. Ruth is lyrical, witty and incisive and explores universal themes of isolation, identity, love, friendship, desire and justice. Most of all, she seeks what it means to be a human being.

By: Ruth Maier
Translated by: Jamie Bulloch
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 40g
ISBN: 9780099524243
ISBN 10: 0099524244
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 03 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth Maier was born into a middle-class Jewish family in interwar Vienna. She emigrated to Norway and was deported to Auschwitz in November 1942, where she was killed on arrival, aged only twenty-two. Ruth's diary is a testament to the remarkable writer she could have become. The diary came to light after the book's editor, Jan Erik Vold, found sections of the manuscript amongst the papers of Ruth's friend, the eminent Norwegian poet, Gunvor Hofmo, following her death in 1995.

Reviews for Ruth Maier's Diary: A Jewish girl's life in Nazi Europe

It sounds like a cliche to maintain that a new Anne Frank has been found. But the newly published diary by Ruth Maier has the same magic strength as Anne Frank's diary * Berlingske Tidende (Denmark) * The final volume of her diary, completed two days after her 22nd birthday, carried the inscription: Do Not Burn! For the sake of posterity and as a human chronicle, we can be grateful that it was not turned to ash -- Ian Thompson * Independent * Her reflections on herself and those around her make poignant reading * Spectator *