NgoSeptemba 1943, uElla oselula wasiwa entolongweni Inkampu yoxinaniso yaseAuschwitz, evela eFransi. Intloko yenkampu yabasetyhini, u-SS María Mandel onegazi, obizwa ngokuba lirhamncwa, ufumanisa ukuba i-calligraphy yakhe igqibelele kwaye imbandakanya njengomkhupheli kwiOkhestra yabaseTyhini.
Ngombulelo kulwazi lwakhe lweelwimi, u-Ella uqala ukusebenza kwiBhlokhi yaseKanadá apho afumana khona iiposikhadi ezininzi kunye neefoto kwimithwalo yabagxothiweyo, kwaye ugqiba ukubhala amabali abo kubo ukuze kungabikho mntu uya kulibala ukuba babengoobani. Ngelixa esenza amaqhina obuhlobo namabanjwa, esinda kubungendawo babathimbi bakhe aze abathintele ekufumaniseni ukuxhathisa kwakhe okuthile okwenziwa ngamazwi, kuzala imvukelo phakathi kwamabanjwa esongela ngakumbi ubomi bakhe nobomntu amthandayo, uJoska.
Phantse kwiminyaka engamashumi amane kamva, uBella oselula ufumana ibhokisi ezele ngamakhadi. Ezi posikhadi zibhalwe ngumama wakho xa wayeseMpuma. Yiloo nto awayezibiza ngayo: Iiposikhadi zaseMpuma. Wayefuna ukuba uzifunde ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Kwaye elo xesha ngoku. "
Ukudibanisa fiction kunye abantu bembali abanjengoJosef Mengele, uHeinrich Himmler, uIrma Grese, uRudolf Hoss, uAna Frank okanye uAlma Rosé, UReyes Monforte ubuyela kuhlobo olumfake njengombhali. Ubhalwe ngokutyebileyo kwaye ubhalwe ngokuthanda kunye neemvakalelo, uye watyikitya owona msebenzi wakhe wokufuna amabhongo: ibali elimalunga namandla okukhulula amagama, kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-75 yokukhululwa kwenkampu yoxinaniso yaseAuschwitz.
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