Carlo Ross
Carlo Ross (born February 7, 1928 in Hagen ; † August 12, 2004 there ; born as Karl Otto Ross ) was a German writer and survivor of the Holocaust .
Life
He grew up in Hagen as the son of a Jewish mother in poor circumstances without a father. After the war he worked as a journalist and later as a social worker in Hagen, Berlin and Regensburg . After his retirement he began to work as a writer and wrote books for young people and historical novels.
His fourth work "In the forecourt of Hell" was, like his first book "... but stones don't talk" and the prehistory of "In the forecourt of Hell", an autobiography . In the book Ross tells how he grew up and was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942. It was only thanks to lucky coincidences that he survived the Nazi dictatorship and the living conditions in Theresienstadt.
Works
- ... but stones don't talk (1987)
- Only Thoughts Are Free (1989)
- Michael in the vicious circle (1990)
- In Hell's Courtyard (1991)
- Departure for Adventure (1992)
- The King's Children (1994)
- Murder Comradeship (1995)
- Cross and Star of David (2001)
Awards
- Alfred Müller Felsenburg Prize for upright literature, Hagen (1994)
- Award of the bookworms of the ZDF
- Book of the month by JU-BU-CREW, Göttingen.
- Book of the month of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature, Volkach.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carlo Ross in the catalog of the German National Library
- Carlo Ross in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Ghetto Theresienstadt
- Alfred Müller-Felsenburg, Monika Willer: Obituaries for Carlo Ross. In: www.lyrikwelt.de, (HTML), accessed on June 26, 2011.
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| SURNAME | Ross, Carlo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ross, Karl Otto (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and survivor of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2004 |
| Place of death | Hagen |