Yehiel Dinur

Yehiel Dinur was known in Israel as "Ka-Tzetnik". Ka-tzetnik 135633 (Konzetrazionslager or KZ) was born in Auschwitz, in 1943. The kappo that burned the number 135633 on his left arm told him: Here you are born, this number is your name from now on.
In February, 1945 Ka-Tzetnik survived the Auschwitz Death March. When a Red Army soldier asked him for his name, Ka-Tzetnik answered: My name was burned with everybody else at the crematoria in Auschwitz.
He wandered through the ruins of Europe on his way to pre-state Israel. He arrived in Italy and was hospitalized by Jewish soldiers from the British Brigade. Feeling that he was going to die he asked for pen and paper "to keep my promise." After a few days the refugee gave the written pages to the brigade soldier. When asked about the author`s name, he insisted it was Ka-Tzetnik, and so it was. Ka-Tzetnik died in 2001.

Books Published in Hebrew

Salamandra, Dvir, 1946 [Salamandra]

House of Dolls, Dvir, 1953 [Beit Ha-Bubot]

The Clock Overhead, Bialik Institute, 1960 [Ha-Shaon Asher Me`al Ha-Rosh (Ha-Shaon)]

They Called Him Piepel, Am Hasefer, 1961 [Kar`u Lo Peipel]

The Star of Dust, Ministry of Defense, 1966 [Kochav Ha- Efer]

Phoenix Over Galilee, Am Oved, 1966 [Ka-Hol Mi-Efer]

Doomed to Life, Ministry of Defense, 1974 [Nidon La-Haim]

The Confrontation, Levin-Epstein, 1975 [Ha-Imut]

Love in the Pyre, Ministry of Defense, 1976 [Ahavah Ba-Lehavot]

The Tear, Ministry of Defense, 1978 [Ha-Dim`ah]

Daniella, Ministry of Defense, 1980 [Daniella]

Revenge, Ministry of Defense, 1981 [Nakam]

Sorrows of Love, Ministry of Defense, 1984 [Hibutei Ahavah]

Code: EDMA, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987 [Tzofen: EDMA]

Books in Translation

Galilea
Dutch: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1969

House of Dolls (Daniella)
Bulgarian: Sofia, Fatherland Front, 1957
Czech: Praha, Nase Vojsko, 1958
Dutch: Amsterdam, Scheltema and Holkema, 1960; Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1969; Haarlem, Superfoto BV, 1979; Weert, Uitgeverij Kadmos, 1990
English: New York, Simon and Schuster, 1955; New York, Lion Library Editions, 1956; London, F. Muller, 1956; London, Grafton Books, 1956; London, Hamilton and Co., 1958; New York, Pyramid Books, 1958; London, A Panther Book, 1958; St. Albans, Mayflower, 1973
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1958
German: Paris, Gopa, 1960/70; Tel Aviv, Amarilis, 1980; Gerlingen, Bleicher, 1980; Munich, Piper, 1995
Italian: Verona, A.Mondadori, 1960
Japanese: Tokyo, Kawade Shobo, 1956
Polish: Warsaw, Orbita, 1992
Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro, Livraria S. Cohen, 1962
Russian: Tel Aviv, Or-Press, 1975
Serbo-Croatian: Zagreb, Epoha, 1965
Slovene: Ljubljana, Mladinska Knjiga, 1964
Spanish: Buenos Aires, Editorial Israel, 1958; Barcelona, Circulo de Lectores, 1987
Swedish: Stockholm, Forum, 1956
Yiddish: Buenos Aires, Central Farband fun Poylishe, 1956; Tel Aviv, I.L. Peretz Library, 1958

Phoenix over the Galilee also published as: House of Love
English: New York, Harper & Row, 1969; London, W.H. Allen, 1971; London, Corgi, 1973
Italian: Milan, A.Mondadori, 1969

They Called Him Piepel (Moni, also published as: Atrocity)
Danish: Copenhagen, Hasselbach, 1962
Dutch: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1969
English: London, Blond, 1961; New York, L.Stuart, 1963; Seraucus N.J., Citadel, 1987; London, Four Square, 1962
French: Paris, Presses de la Cite, 1962
Italian: Milan, A.Mondadori, 1963/72
Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro, Civilizacao Brasileira, 1968
Russian: Tel Aviv, Or Press, 1975
Swedish: Stockholm, Gebers, 1961

Salamandra
Dutch: Dieren, Uitgeverij Kadmos, 1984; Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1976
English: London, W.H. Allen, 1977; London, Corgi, 1978
Italian: Milan, Rizzoli, 1978; Milan, Club Italiano dei Lettori, 1979

Shiviti: A Vision
Arabic: Shfar`am, Al-Mashreq, 1988
Dutch: Amsterdam, Kampen, 1989
English: San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1989; Gateway, 1998
French: Paris, Hachette, 1990
German: Munich, Antje Kunstmann, 1991
Italian: Tivoli, Sensibili Alle Foglie, 1997
Yiddish: Tel Aviv, I.L. Peretz, 1990

Star Eternal (The Star of Dust)
Arabic: Jerusalem, Dogma, 1975
English: W.H. Allen, 1972; New York, Arbor House, 1971
Russian: Tel Aviv, Ha-Tzvi, 1973
Yiddish: Tel Aviv, Menora, 1967

The Confrontation
Arabic: Shefar`am, Dar Al-Mashreq, 1991

The Clock Overhead
Yiddish: Tel Aviv, I.L. Peretz, 1995

Last updated: 26.02.2008