'' Psalm 44 '' is a novel by Yugoslav author Danilo Kiš . The novel was written ( in Serbian ) in 1960 and published in 1962 , along with his novel '' The Attic '' , and tells the story of the last few hours of a woman and her child in a Nazi concentration camp , before they escape . In a narrative full of flashbacks and stream-of-consciousness passages , with elements derived from his own life , Kiš sketches the life of a Jewish woman who witnesses the Novi Sad raid , is deported to a Nazi camp where she gives birth to a boy , and escapes with the help of another woman . Months after the war 's end she is reunited with her lover , a Jewish doctor who had assisted the Nazis in Joseph Mengele-style experiments
Novi Sad raid
Novi Sad raid
Psalm 44 (novel)