Fritz and Kurt

Apr 20, 2025 9:45 AM

Author:Jeremy Dronfield,David Ziggy Greene

Fritz and Kurt

"Extraordinarily touching" - The Jewish Chronicle

When everything is taken away from you, love and courage are all you have left.

In 1938, the Nazis come to Vienna. They hate anyone who is different, especially Jewish people.

Fritz and Kurt's family are Jewish, and that puts them in terrible danger.

Fritz, along with his father, is taken to a Nazi prison camp, a terrible place, full of fear. When his father is sent to a certain death, Fritz can't face losing his beloved Papa. He chooses to go with him and fight for survival.

Meanwhile, Kurt must go on a frightening journey, all alone, to seek safety on the far side of the world.

In this extraordinary true story, Fritz and Kurt must face unimaginable hardships, and the two brothers wonder if they will ever return home . . .

A retelling of the Sunday Times bestselling The Boy Who Followed his Father into Auschwitz, a Daily Mail and Sunday Express book of the year:

'Shattering, astonishing' Daily Mail

'Extraordinary' Observer

Reviews

A harrowing but hard to put down tale.

—— Financial Times

PRAISE FOR THE BOY WHO FOLLOWED HIS FATHER INTO AUSCHWITZ:

A deeply humane account and a visceral description of everyday life in the camps. Could not be more timely and deserves to have the widest possible readership.

—— Daily Express

An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival

—— i

Brilliantly researched and written

—— Daily Mail

An extraordinary affecting tale . . . with many twists

—— The Times

Stolen History is a truly remarkable achievement: an historically accurate, diligently researched and nuanced account of the British Empire that is also gripping for younger readers. I know of no other writer who could have accomplished such a feat.

—— Professor Alan Lester FRHistS, Professor of Historical Geography and Professor of History, La Trobe University

Sanghera brilliantly demonstrates that history doesn't have to be dumbed down to be made accessible, nor does it need to be sensationalized to seem relevant. Written with integrity and a deep commitment to reveal how the past has shaped our present, the book will make young readers engage with history as more than just entertainment and it will encourage them to ask new questions.

—— Kim A. Wagner, Professor of Global and Imperial History, School of History Queen Mary, University of London

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