Auschwitz, I told her, appears to me in the image of a fath… - Imre Kertész

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Auschwitz, I told her, appears to me in the image of a father; yes, the two terms, Auschwitz, and father, resonate the same echoes in me, and if the observation is that God is an exalted father, then God, too is revealed to me in the image of Auschwitz.

Imre Kertész

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Imre Kertész (9 November 1929 - 31 March 2016) is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.

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Native Name: Kertész Imre

Alternative Names: Imre Kertesz • Kertész, Imre • Kertesz, Imre • I. Kertész • I. Kertesz • Imre Kertes • Kertes, Imre • I. Kertes • Imne K'erŭt'esŭ • K'erŭt'esŭ, Imne • Imra Kirtīs • Imrje Kjertijes • Imure Kerutēsu • I. K.

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