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

Biography edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ "Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux - Ina.fr". Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux - Ina.fr.
  2. ^ Édouard AXELRAD Profile In: gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.