Naked among the wolves

Author: (German) Bruno Apitz, translated by Hua Zongde, Xu Xiaorong, Xiao Sheng
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Publication Date: 1999-08-01
Features: In the Wolf Pack is a work that benefits us in remembering history. The author, Bruno Apitz, was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp for eight years and is both a survivor and a witness to Nazi atrocities. The setting of the book is Buchenwald concentration camp, where the author authentically portrays the suffering of the prisoners and their indomitable struggles. Some of the martyrs in the book are real names. The book is known as "Germany's Red Rock." Bruno Apitz (1900–), a renowned writer from East Germany. In 1945, as Allied forces were rapidly advancing across Germany, there were still over 50,000 prisoners held in Buchenwald concentration camp, many of whom faced the constant threat of death. At this time, a Jewish person arrived in the camp, carrying a three-year-old orphan in a box. Thus, under the leadership of the camp's "International Committee," all the prisoners, with bare hands, engaged in an heroic and stubborn struggle against the fully armed fascists to protect this vulnerable life. This book is a true story written by the author based on his harrowing eight years in the concentration camp, which was later adapted into a film and gained international acclaim, earning the title "Germany's Red Rock."