Strange New World
Belsen's First Year of Freedom
$43.08
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2026
Summary
The liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 15 April 1945 was portrayed as the jewel in the crown of British victory over Nazi Germany. Yet a quarter of the 55,000 survivors of the ‘Horror Camp’ died over the next five weeks, and for many others there was disillusionment and despair. Evacuated to a nearby army barracks converted into a Displaced Persons’ camp which became the largest such camp in Europe they lived behind barbed wire and under military rule, and continued to suffer e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923451445 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1923451448 |
| Author: | Nadia Wheatley |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 237mm x 154mm |
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‘A brilliantly orchestrated case study’ – The Age‘A powerful and deeply human exploration of life in the aftermath of one of history’s darkest chapters.’ – Good Reading
About The Author
Nadia Wheatley
Over a career of forty years, Nadia Wheatley has published a number of award-winning works of fiction, history, and biography.
Her most recent books include:
- Her Mother’s Daughter (memoir, winner of the 2019 Waverley NIB Literary Award)
- Radicals: Remembering the Sixties
- The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift (winner of the 2001 Age Nonfiction Book of the Year and the 2002 NSW Premier’s Australian History Prize)
Nadia is also the editor of:
- Sneaky Little Revolutions: Selected Essays of Charmian Clift
- Charmian Clift’s previously unpublished novella, The End of the Morning
In 2014, the University of Sydney awarded Nadia an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in recognition of “her exceptional creative achievements in the field of literature, her work as an historian and her contribution to our understanding of Indigenous issues, cultural diversity, equity and social justice and the environment through story.”
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