Talk:Smoke over Birkenau

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Did you know... that Smoke over Birkenau by Polish writer Seweryna Szmaglewska, published in 1945, was one of the first and most influential works about the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:08, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Smoke over Birkenau by Polish writer Seweryna Szmaglewska, published in 1945, was one of the first, and the most influential, works about the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp? Source: [1] and others
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Libredón

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 14:20, 21 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dymy nad Birkenau; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

length, date, qpq, close paraphrase check, hook checks out. --Soman (talk) 13:55, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Date of first English edition[edit]

Worldcat lists 1945, but multiple sources cite a 1947 edition. Can anyone look into this further? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:33, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 21 July 2023[edit]

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The result of the move request was: pages moved. Andrewa (talk) 19:15, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– Per WP:ENGLISHTITLE. The book has been published under this name since 1945, and a Google Scholar search reveals multiple entries using that name, including critical book reviews. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 16:44, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: pages with content, such as Smoke over Birkenau, are ineligible to be proposed titles in move requests unless they, too, are formally dispositioned. "Smoke over Birkenau → Smoke over Birkenau (disambiguation)" has been added to this request to meet that requirement. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 00:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support, since there is an English language translation. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:08, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per nom and Piotrus. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 09:48, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.