Name: Under a Cruel Star
Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9781847084767

Heda Kovály

A classic account of life under Nazism and Stalinism that will appeal to fans of Alone in Berlin and Stasiland

A Life in Prague 1941-1968

Under a Cruel Star

Helen Epstein

Heda Margolius Kovály's steady gaze at the lives caught up in Czechoslovakia's tragic fate under the Nazis and then during the Stalin era illuminates the chaotic life of a nation. Kovály was deported to concentration camps, escaped from a death march, nearly starved in the post-war years, only to be shattered by her husband's conviction (in the infamous 1952 Slansky trial) and his execution. Resonant with lyricism, this gripping memoir is uplifting even in the midst of horror.

Under a Cruel Star A Life in Prague 1941-1968

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