Money From Hitler tells the story of Gita Lauschmanová, who as a young girl in 1945 leaves a concentration camp as an orphan to face the stunning realization that there is in fact nowhere to return, and that the oppression and savagery of the holocaust are far from over.
Historical fiction, Literary fiction
For Gita, living is no longer a question of right or wrong. It is purely a question of survival. In sparkling, imaginative prose, celebrated Czech writer Radka Denemarková depicts a world of absurdity and darkness. Money from Hitler received the prestigious Magnesia Litera award for Czech Literature in the prose category for 2007.
More information in Swedish on the publisher’s website.
Praise
“Radka Denemarková addresses her theme with great passion and power, as if exposing herself to all the pain this terrible story contains. As if wishing to take the reader by the hand and guide him to the frightful realization of what man is capable.”
— Alena Wagnerová, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Denemarková’s books are well-crafted (in the best sense of the word) works of contemporary literature, inclining neither to first-person egoism or similarly confessional tendencies. Nor do they proceed along the high wire of demanding, self-absorbed experimentation. They provide an authentic and liberating reflection on post-war events.”
— Filip Tomáš, A2
Information about the original Czech edition
Other selected published translations (5)
Pieniądze od Hitlera Polish
Money from Hitler English
I soldi di Hitler Italian
Ein herrlicher Flecken Erde German
El dinero de Hitler Spanish