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Episodes from Auschwitz. Love in the Shadow of Death

''Love in the Shadow of Death'' is the true story of two Auschwitz Death Camp prisoners - Mala Zimetbaum, a Jewish woman, and Edward Galiński, a polish man. Mala thanks to her knowledge of several languages and engaging personality, was made a messenger in the women's camp. Edel - prisoner of Auschwitz brought in the first transport of Polish political prisoners - after his stay in the main camp, was transferred to the maintenance work unit in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. This comic tells the story of the love that these two individuals develop for one another, their unsuccessful escape, and their tragic death in the camp.

• author: Marcin Nowakowski, Michał Gałek