Irene Nemirovsky

Irène Némirovsky (February 11, 1903, Kiev – August 17, 1942) was a French novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany occupied Poland. She was killed by the Nazis for being classified as a Jew under the racial laws, which did not take into account her... Read More

Irène Némirovsky (February 11, 1903, Kiev – August 17, 1942) was a French novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany occupied Poland. She was killed by the Nazis for being classified as a Jew under the racial laws, which did not take into account her conversion to Roman Catholicism. See Less