Naked Among Wolves

Nazi Germany. Bruno Apitz was accused of high treason in Leipzig for attempting to revive the Communist Party. After 3 years in prison, the writer was transferred to one of the regime’s most terrible concentration camps—Buchenwald. The SS couldn’t break Apitz’s spirit. He not only survived in inhuman conditions, but also became an active member of the camp resistance.

“Bare Among the Wolves” is, in many ways, a novel close to the author’s own experience. The final months of Buchenwald. With a new stage, a prisoner arrives in the camp with a suitcase. Inside is hope—a small boy saved by a miracle. One of the resistance members hides the child. The outcome of the war is already predetermined, but when the SS finds out about the boy, they sink their teeth into the matter. Elaborate torture of the suspects, manipulations, threats—all to expose the underground organization that is hiding the child.

Despite the horrors taking place, hope lives in the hearts of the prisoners. And along with it, strength to act appears. This book rightfully stands alongside such world literature masterpieces as “Schindler’s List” by Thomas Keneally, “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, and “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The book is published in a paperback format with flaps that can be used as bookmarks. You’ll never lose the place you stopped at. To enhance tactile sensations, some elements of the cover image are highlighted with raised varnish.