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Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968
Under a Cruel Star A Life in Prague 19411968
Author: Heda Margolius Kovaly, Franci Epstein
ISBN-13: 9780841913776
ISBN-10: 0841913773
Publication Date: 1/1997
Pages: 192
Rating:
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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4.8 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Holmes Meier Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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margaretbx avatar reviewed Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 on + 33 more book reviews
What an amazing book this is. The author, as a Jew, suffered under the Nazis. She ESCAPED (as a girl) from a concentration camp, a great story in itself. She then lived under communism. Her husband was supportive of the new communist regime, but eventually was one of those scapegoated by the government, tried and executed for alleged treason. Such show trials were used as a way to scare people, and to explain why things weren't perfect -- it wasn't that the communist system wasn't perfect, it was that sabatouers were at work. Such a fascinating story, and so well told. A sad, but beautiful book.