The Diary of Petr Ginz, ed Chava Pressburger (Independent)

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Most entries in the diary of Petr Ginz, a Jewish teenager who lived in Nazi-occupied Prague, are short and matter-of-fact. He reports on the weather, the books he is reading and the grades and punishments he earns at school. But there are ominous hints of what's in the air, narrated with cool detachment and even humour: on the new law that Jews must wear yellow stars, Petr notes, "On the way to ...

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