Soul of Wood

Jakov Lind

1962

Those who had no papers entitling them to live lined up to die. The whole North-west Station was a gigantic waiting-room. It was a long, long wait, but eventually everyone’s turn came. Those who finally lay in the freight cars thanked God, and when at last the wheels began to turn and the engine spewed, hissed, and let out a long whistle, none of…

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Jakov Lind

1927–2007

Jakov Lind (born Heinz Jakov Landwirth) was a writer of short stories, novels, and autobiographical works, in German and English, with a special emphasis on the Holocaust. His writing is distinguished by the use of allegory and farce. Born in Vienna, he fled Austria during the Nazi era on a Kindertransport to Holland. There, and in Germany, he survived World War II using a false Dutch identity. Following the war, he immigrated illegally to Palestine, where he met fellow writer Edgar Hilsenrath. Lind later returned to Vienna before finally settling in London in 1954.

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