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German writer, film-author and GDR dissident (–)

Jurek Becker (German:[ˈjuːʁɛkˈbɛkɐ]^ⓘ; c.&#;30 September – 14 March ) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films.

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He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.

Childhood

Jurek Becker was born in a Jewish family, probably, in His birth date is not entirely clear because his father gave a birth date that was intended to protect the child from deportation. After the war Becker was claimed by a father (Jurek was never sure if he was his real father)^[1] who said he no longer remembered Jurek's correct birth date.

It is probable that Jurek Becker was some years younger than is generally reckoned.^{[citation needed]}

He lived in the Łódź Ghetto as a child. When he was five, he was sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp and later to Sachsenha Jurek Becker - Wikipedia CAMAM