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Milena Jesenská
1896–1944
- Nationality
- AustriaâHungary
- Occupation
- writer
Milena Jesenská (Czech: [ËmɪlÉna ËjÉsÉnskaË]; 10 August 1896 â 17 May 1944) was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Ravensbrück concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Milena Jesenská (Czech: [ËmɪlÉna ËjÉsÉnskaË]; 10 August 1896 â 17 May 1944) was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator. She is noted for her correspondence with the author Franz Kafka and was one of the first to translate his work from the German language. After the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, she joined a resistance movement to help Jews and other refugees. She died in Ravensbrück, a Nazi prison camp.
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