Book Interview: Judith Mok sings from the heart on Judaism and post-war horrors

“My father had days when he wasn’t there — he wouldn’t talk. This happened for three or four days, but we just expected that.”

Author Judith Mok, whose grandparents were killed at Auschwitz, was horrified to learn that her hero and teacher, diva Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, was a former Nazi.

• The State of Dark
• Judith Mok
• Lilliput Press, €19.60