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夭蹖乇 鬲蹖睾 爻鬲丕乇賴 噩亘丕乇: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 倬乇丕诏 郾酃鄱鄹-郾酃鄞郾

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丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴丿丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丿乇 爻丕蹖踿 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 賵 亘毓丿 丨讴賵賲鬲蹖 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 倬爻 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘丕蹖丿 倬乇 亘丕卮丿 丕夭 賲乇诏 賵 爻蹖丕賴蹖貙 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖賱 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕爻鬲貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳蹖 丿乇 賳賵爻丕賳 賲蹖丕賳 亘蹖賲 賵 丕賲蹖丿 丿乇 丿賱 趩讴爻賱賵丕讴蹖 丌卮賵亘鈥屫藏囏� 丨爻賳卮 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 讴賴 亘賴 亘蹖丕賳 鬲噩乇亘蹖丕鬲 卮禺氐蹖 賲丨丿賵丿 賳賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 乇丕賵蹖 亘賴 賯丿乇鬲 讴賱賲丕鬲 賵丕賯賮 丕爻鬲 賵 噩丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 鬲賳賴丕 爻賱丕丨 囟毓賮丕 賴賲蹖賳 讴賱賲丕鬲 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 乇賵爻鬲 讴賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲卮 乇丕 亘蹖鈥屬矩必� 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池�. 丕賲丕 賳丕馗乇 亘蹖鈥屫坟辟佦� 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲貨 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 胤乇賮 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴貙 賴賲丕賳 爻丕丿賴鈥屫臂屬� 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖貙 讴賴 亘賴 禺丕胤乇卮 丕夭 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 賳丕夭蹖鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屭臂屫藏�. 丕賵 賳卮丕賳賲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 噩賳诏 趩賴乇踿 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 乇丕 毓賵囟 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩胤賵乇 丿乇 倬蹖 卮丕丿賲丕賳蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 噩賳诏貙 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭必� 賵 亘毓丿 丕賲蹖丿貙 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 卮賵乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 鬲睾蹖蹖乇貙 亘丕 賵毓丿賴鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖鈥屫й� 丿賱鈥屬佖臂屫ㄘ� 乇禺 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿乇 丕蹖賳 趩乇禺踿 亘丕胤賱 丿賵亘丕乇賴 蹖兀爻 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭必� 賳卮丕賳賲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 賵賯鬲蹖 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 丿乇 丕賵賱賵蹖鬲 亘丕卮丿 乇賵丕亘胤 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘賴 丨丕卮蹖賴 乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 卮讴賱蹖 爻賱亘蹖 亘賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 亘賴 诏賵賳賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 讴爻蹖 丿乇 倬蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 噩夭 丿賵乇賲丕賳丿賳 丕夭 丿乇丿爻乇. 賴丿丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 賲丕 乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丿賲丕賳貙 丿乇 賲賯丕賲 丕賳爻丕賳貙 乇賵丿乇賵 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 鬲丕乇蹖讴 匕丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 倬蹖卮鈥屫辟堐屬呚з� 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必� 趩乇丕讴賴 趩賳丕賳鈥屭┵� 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫�:
芦丨乇賮 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屭佖嗀� 鬲賳賴丕 乇丕賴 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賳 丕爻鬲 丿乇 讴鬲賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟佖�. 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 亘爻倬丕乇賲貙 乇賵蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 爻乇倬賵卮 賳诏匕丕乇賲貙 趩蹖夭蹖 乇丕 亘夭讴 賳讴賳賲 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯鈥屬囏� 乇丕 賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 亘賵丿賳丿 丿乇 禺丕胤乇 孬亘鬲 讴賳賲. 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳賲 趩賵賳 夭賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賳賴 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 讴賴 鬲氐丕丿賮丕賸 噩丕賳 爻丕賱賲 亘賴 丿乇 亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲.禄

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

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Heda Margolius Kov谩ly

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Heda Margolius Kov谩ly was a Czech writer and translator. She survived the 艁贸d藕 ghetto and Auschwitz where her parents died. She later escaped whilst being marched to Bergen-Belsen to find that no one would take her in. Her husband was made a deputy minister in Czechoslovakia and he was then hanged as a traitor. As the wife of disgraced man she married again and she and her husband were treated badly. They left for the US in 1968 when the country was invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries. She published her biography in 1973. She and her husband did not return to her homeland until 1996.

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讴鬲丕亘 夭蹖乇 鬲蹖睾 爻鬲丕乇賴 噩亘丕乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲 鬲賱禺蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 丕夭丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 倬乇丕诏 夭蹖亘丕 賵 丿賱 丕賳诏蹖夭 丕夭 爻丕賱 1941 鬲丕 1968 貙 丕夭 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 夭賲爻鬲丕賳 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 亘乇 爻丕讴賳丕賳 卮賴乇 丌賵丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 鬲丕 爻丕賱 68 讴賴 卮讴賵賮賴 賴丕蹖 亘賴丕乇 倬乇丕诏 爻乇 丿乇 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿 貙 亘賴丕乇蹖 讴賴 夭賵丿 鬲亘丿蹖賱 亘賴 禺夭丕賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 貙 禺丕賳賲 賴丿丕 賲丕乇诏賵賱蹖賵爻 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿賵乇丕賳 27 爻丕賱賴 丕夭 乇賳噩 賵 丿乇丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 貙 丕夭 夭噩乇 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 讴賴 乇賵夭賲乇賴 賲蹖 诏匕乇丕賳丿 貙 乇賵夭丕賳賴 賳賮爻 賲蹖 讴卮丿 貙 睾匕丕 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕亘丿 貙 27 爻丕賱 亘丿賵賳 賵賯賮賴 賴乇 乇賵夭 丿乇 禺胤乇 賲乇诏 賵 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇蹖 賵 卮讴賳噩賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 亘丕乇賴丕 鬲丕 賱亘 賲乇诏 賴賲 賲蹖 乇賵丿 丕賲丕 賯丿乇鬲 賵 丕乇丕丿賴 倬賵賱丕丿蹖賳卮 賴乇 亘丕乇 亘賴 丕賵 丕賳诏蹖夭賴 鬲丕夭賴 丕蹖 賲蹖 亘禺卮丿 賵 噩丕賳 丕賵 乇丕 丕夭 賲乇诏 賳噩丕鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 .
賲氐丕卅亘 禺丕賳賲 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 蹖讴 蹖賴賵丿蹖 丕夭 爻丕賱 41 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 丕賵 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賵 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 倬乇丕诏 乇丕 丕夭 卮賴乇 賵 讴丕卮丕賳賴 禺賵丿 乇丕賳丿賳丿 貙 亘毓丿 丕夭 丿乇亘丿乇蹖 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 诏鬲賵 賵 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 貙 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 丕賵 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 亘賴 丌卮賵蹖鬲爻 賲蹖 賮乇爻鬲丿 貙 賴丿丕 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 丕賲丕 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 賲毓噩夭賴 丌爻丕 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 亘丕 倬丕蹖 倬蹖丕丿賴 丕夭 賱賴爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 貙 賲乇夭 趩讴 丕爻賱丕賵丕讴蹖 乇丕 乇丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 夭蹖亘丕 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖 乇爻丿 .
丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丌卮賵蹖鬲爻 乇丕 亘賴 賲丕賳賳丿 噩賴賳賲 賲胤賱賯 賵 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿 貙 賴丿丕 丿乇 倬乇丕诏 鬲丨鬲 丕卮睾丕賱 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 貙 噩賴賳賲 賵丕賯毓蹖 乇丕 賲蹖 蹖丕亘丿 貙 丕賵 讴賴 丿乇 丌卮賵蹖鬲爻 爻乇 倬賳丕賴 賵 睾匕丕蹖蹖 丿丕卮鬲 丿乇倬乇丕诏 賴賲蹖賳 丨丿丕賯賱 賴丕 乇丕 賴賲 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕賵 倬丕蹖 倬蹖丕丿賴 貙 鬲賳賴丕 貙 诏乇爻賳賴 賵 爻乇賲丕 夭丿賴 貙 禺爻鬲賴 賵 賲乇蹖囟 賵 賴乇 夭賲丕賳 丿乇 禺胤乇 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 . 丕賵 讴賴 丕夭 丌卮賵蹖鬲爻 诏乇蹖禺鬲賴 丿乇 倬乇丕诏 賮讴乇 賲乇诏 賵 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 乇賴丕蹖卮 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 亘丕 丕乇丕丿賴 賯賵蹖 丕夭 卮乇 爻乇賲丕 貙 诏乇爻賳诏蹖 賵 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 乇賴丕 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 倬乇丕诏 夭蹖亘丕 丌夭丕丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
丕賲丕 賳賴 丌夭丕丿蹖 倬乇丕诏 亘賴 丿乇丕夭丕 賲蹖 讴卮丿 貙 賳賴 禺賵卮蹖 禺丕賳賲 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 賵 賳賴 爻乇 賲爻鬲蹖 趩讴 賴丕 . 丕蹖賳 亘丕乇賳賵亘鬲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 賴丕 爻鬲 讴賴 趩讴 丕爻賱丕賵丕讴蹖 貙 賱賴爻鬲丕賳 貙 賲噩丕乇爻鬲丕賳 賵 賳蹖賲蹖 丕夭 丕乇賵倬丕 乇丕 亘亘賱毓賳丿 . 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 噩賴賳賲 丿賵亘丕乇賴 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕蹖賳 亘丕乇 亘賴 賲丿鬲 50 爻丕賱 . 禺丕賳賲 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丕賲丕 丕賴賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 貙丕賵 亘丕 毓卮賯 丿賵乇丕賳 讴賵丿讴蹖 禺賵丿 丕夭丿賵丕噩 讴乇丿賴 賵 倬爻乇蹖 賴賲 丿丕乇丿 貙 賴賲爻乇 丕賵 乇賵丿賱賮 賲丕乇诏賵賱蹖賵爻 賳賲賵賳賴 讴丕賲賱 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 卮乇丕賮鬲賲賳丿 賵 爻丕賱賲 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 丿乇 丿賱 爻蹖爻鬲賲 賮丕爻丿 讴爻蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丕氐賵賱 賵 丕賳爻丕賳蹖鬲 丕毓鬲賯丕丿蹖 乇丕爻禺 丿丕乇丿 貙 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 丕賵 賲毓賱賵賲 丕爻鬲 . 亘丕夭丿丕卮鬲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 倬爻 丕夭 蹖讴 爻丕賱 卮讴賳噩賴 貙 丿乇 丿丕丿诏丕賴 賴丕蹖 賮乇賲丕蹖卮蹖 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳 亘賴 丕毓丿丕賲 賲丨讴賵賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
丕賲丕 禺丕賳賲 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 鬲爻賱蹖賲 賳賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳 丕賵 丕夭 賮囟丕蹖 亘丕夭 賵 丕氐賱丕丨丕鬲 禺乇賵卮趩賮 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 亘蹖 诏賳丕賴蹖 卮賵賴乇卮 乇丕 丕孬亘丕鬲 賵 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 丨蹖孬蹖鬲 丕賵 乇丕 丕毓丕丿賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇丕乇鬲 亘丕乇 趩讴 賴丕 賵 禺丕賳賲 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇丿 鬲丕 爻丕賱 亘賴丕乇 68 賮乇丕 賲蹖 乇爻丿 貙 亘賴丕乇 倬乇丕诏 貙 倬乇丕诏蹖 賴丕 亘賴 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賲蹖 丌蹖賳丿 賵 丕夭丕氐賱丕丨丕鬲 乇蹖蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇 丿賵亘趩讴 丨賲丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 亘賴丕乇 夭賵丿 禺夭丕賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 倬蹖賲丕賳 賵乇卮賵 賵 亘乇跇賳賮 丿賲賵讴乇丕爻蹖 趩讴 賴丕 乇丕 丿乇 賳胤賮賴 禺賮賴 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 . 賴丿丕 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 讴乇丿賴 賵 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 丌夭丕丿蹖 卮賴乇 賵 讴卮賵乇 禺賵丿 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 亘丕夭诏卮鬲賴 賵 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 噩丕 賮賵鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿 .
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 丕爻鬲丕丿蹖 賲丨蹖胤 倬乇丕诏 夭蹖亘丕 賵 賮丕噩毓賴 丕蹖 讴賴 亘乇 丌賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 賵氐賮 讴乇丿賴 貙 賲卮禺氐 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴丿丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 毓丕卮賯 倬乇丕诏 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 亘丕 讴賱丕賲蹖 倬乇 卮賵乇 倬乇丕诏 乇丕 爻鬲丕蹖卮 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕夭 賳诏丕賴 丕賵 貙 倬乇丕诏 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 賴丕 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丌丿賲 賴丕 丿乇 丌賳 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 賲蹖 丌蹖賳丿 貙 讴丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 賲蹖 賲蹖乇賳丿 . 倬乇丕诏 氐丨賳賴 丕蹖 爻乇丿 賵 亘蹖 乇賵丨 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賴賲 夭賲丕賳 亘賴 乇賳噩 賵 卮丕丿蹖 丌丿賲賴丕 亘蹖 丕毓鬲賳丕 亘丕卮丿 貙 倬乇丕诏 亘賴 毓卮賯 賲乇丿賲卮 夭賳丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 賲乇丿賲 丿乇 噩賵丕亘 毓卮賯蹖 乇丕 賳孬丕乇卮 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 丕睾賱亘 賳孬丕乇 賴賲賳賵毓丕賳 禺賵丿 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 .
賴丿丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丿 亘賴 賮囟丕蹖 爻乇丿 賵 蹖禺 夭丿賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲蹖 亘乇丿賴 貙賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇 禺賱丕賮 禺丕賳賲 丿丕乇讴賵賱蹖趩 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲 乇賮鬲 貙 賲丕 賲丕賳丿蹖賲 賵 丨鬲蹖 禺賳丿蹖丿蹖賲 丕夭 讴賲亘賵丿 賴購賱賵 賵 爻蹖亘 蹖丕 賲賵夭 蹖丕 讴蹖賮蹖鬲 倬丕蹖蹖賳 賲丕卮蹖賳 賴丕 丨乇賮蹖 賳賲蹖 夭賳丿 . 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 丕賲賵乇 爻胤丨蹖 賵 倬蹖卮 倬丕 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 賳诏丕賴 丕賵 亘賴 卮丿鬲 毓賲蹖賯 丕爻鬲 . 丕賵 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 乇丕亘胤賴 丌丿賲賴丕 賵 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴 貙 丕賵 爻蹖爻鬲賲蹖 鬲賲丕賲蹖鬲 禺賵丕賴 乇丕 亘丕 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丕亘毓丕丿 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴卮 卮乇丨 丿丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬乇 睾賲 賴丿丕 賲丕乇诏賵賱蹖賵爻 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 乇丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賲蹖丿 貙 賲亘丕乇夭賴 賵 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 丿丕賳爻鬲 . 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩丿丕賱 賵 賳亘乇丿 爻禺鬲 貙 賴丿丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丿乇 爻賲鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
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趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴 賮乇丿 賲蹖讴賳賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿乇丿 賵 乇賳噩鈥� 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 丿乇 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 鬲丕乇蹖禺賴. 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲讴 鬲讴 賲乇丿賲 倬乇丕诏 乇賵 鬲丨鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇 賯乇丕乇賴 賲蹖丿賴 賵 匕乇賴 匕乇賴 賳丕亘賵丿 賲蹖讴賳賴. 賲乇丿賲蹖 讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 噩夭 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 爻丕丿賴 賵 丌乇賵賲 賳賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賳 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 趩賳诏丕賱 賳丕夭蹖爻賲 亘禺丕胤乇 蹖丕爻貙 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖 賵 亘蹖 爻賵丕丿蹖 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 賲氐蹖亘鬲 亘丿鬲乇蹖 卮丿賳丿 讴賴 鬲賲丕賲 丕賲蹖丿賴丕蹖 丌夭丕丿蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩賳诏 乇賵 賴賲 丕夭卮賵賳 诏乇賮鬲.
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丕賱亘鬲賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 爻毓蹖 丿乇 亘蹖鈥屫坟辟� 亘賵丿賳 丿丕卮鬲 丕賲丕 亘賴 賳丿乇鬲 賲蹖卮丿 丕睾乇丕賯 丿乇 丕孬亘丕鬲 亘蹖鈥屭嗀з囒� 賵 亘蹖鈥屫坟辟佦� 賴賲爻乇卮 乇賵 賴賲 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿. 丕賲丕 丿乇 讴賱蹖鬲 讴鬲丕亘 賲賳 乇賵丕蹖鬲 乇賵 亘丿賵賳 噩丕賳亘丿丕乇蹖 禺丕氐蹖 丿蹖丿賲 讴賴 爻毓蹖 丿丕卮鬲 鬲賳賴丕 丕夭 乇賵丨 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 賵 丌夭丕丿蹖 丨乇賮 亘夭賳賴.
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丕蹖賳 賲鬲賳 乇賵 鬲賵蹖 乇賵夭蹖 丿丕乇賲 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟� 讴賴 氐亘丨卮 亘丕 禺亘乇 丕毓丿丕賲 丿賵 噩丕賳 毓夭蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 趩卮賲賲賵賳 乇賵 亘丕夭 讴乇丿蹖賲. 丨夭亘 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 丨丕讴賲 亘乇 趩讴 亘毓丿 丕夭 诏匕卮鬲 郾郾 爻丕賱 丕夭 丕毓丿丕賲鈥屬囏й� 爻蹖丕爻蹖卮貙 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮蹖 亘賵丿賳卮賵賳 讴乇丿. 丕賲丕 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇 賲丕 賳賴 鬲賳賴丕 丿乇 胤賵賱 丕蹖賳 鄞郯 爻丕賱 亘賴 噩賳丕蹖鬲鈥屬囏ж� 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賳讴乇丿賴貙 亘賱讴賴 亘丕 賯丿乇鬲 鬲賲丕賲 丿丕乇賴 讴卮賵乇 乇賵 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屭必堎嗁� 亘賴 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖讴 丕毓丿丕賲鈥屬囏й� 丿賴賴 卮氐鬲.

噩丕蹖蹖 丕夭 賲鬲賳貙 賴丿丕 賲蹖诏賴 "鬲丕 丌賳鈥� 賲賵賯毓 賮賯胤 賲噩亘賵乇 亘賵丿賲 亘丕 倬賱蹖爻 乇跇蹖賲 賮丕卮蹖爻鬲 賲賵丕噩賴 卮賵賲. 丕賲丕 丨丕賱丕 亘丕蹖丿 丕夭 毓賴丿賴 丿卮賲賳 亘丿鬲乇蹖 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屫①呚呚� 鬲乇爻 賵 亘蹖鈥屫佖з堌� 丕賳爻丕賳". 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 丿卮賲賳 賲丕 賴賲 賴賲蹖賳賴貙 亘賴 丕賲蹖丿 睾賱亘賴 讴乇丿賳 亘賴卮.
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1,247 reviews145 followers
June 22, 2022
蹖讴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丕夭 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴鈥屬囏й� 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 賳丕夭蹖鈥屬囏ж� 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲貙 丌卮賵蹖鬲爻貙 丕蹖賳亘丕乇 丕夭 夭賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 倬乇丕诏 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賴賲賴鈥屰� 賮噩丕蹖毓 賵 賵賯丕蹖毓 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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352 reviews72 followers
May 28, 2023
禺亘 賲蹖鬲賵賳賲 亘诏賲 亘毓丿 丕夭 蹖賴 賲丿鬲蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賲貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 睾賲 丕賳诏蹖夭 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 丕賳賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲賵乇賵 丿乇诏蹖乇 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 丕賵賳 睾賲 丕賳诏蹖夭 亘賵丿賳 賴賲 亘乇丕鬲 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮賴貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿卮賵 蹖賴 噩賵乇蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 讴賴 鬲賵 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵丕乇丿 丕賵賳 賮囟丕 賲蹖卮蹖.毓丕卮賯 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮丿賲貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 倬乇 賮乇丕夭 賵 賳卮蹖亘 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 噩賳诏 賵 丨讴賵賲鬲蹖 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲貙 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賴賲賴 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賴丕 賵 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賴丕 亘賴 噩丕 賵 賯卮賳诏 賵 乇賵賵賳 賵 爻丕丿賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿.
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2,749 reviews3,161 followers
February 25, 2025

'It seems beyond belief that in Czechoslovakia after the Communist coup in 1948, people were once again beaten and tortured by the police, that prison camps existed and we did not know.
It took the full impact of the Stalinist terror of the 1950s to open our eyes.'



This poignant and somewhat chilling memoir does a really good, in under 200 pages, of detailing life in Prague, from the mass deportation of Jews in the winter of 1941 through to the early decades of Czechoslovakia being a communist satellite state of the Soviet Union: from the dread and horror of Nazi occupation to the paranoia and fear of totalitarian rule. Basically, even when the sun is shining it really isn't. Dark days all round.

WW2 covers around the first 50 pages, starting with the round-up of the Czech Jews and their move to the Ghetto camp on the outskirts of Lodz; and just when you think things couldn't get any worse, just when living in such unimaginable conditions, along comes Auschwitz. Heda Kov谩ly lost both parents there, but she herself was moved on again to another camp, and it was this time, whilst marching for a few weeks after the SS evacuated the site due to the Eastern Front getting too close for comfort, that she made her escape: destination Prague. Taken in by the Resistance she would see the war out hiding in various locations across the city, reminding me of W艂adys艂aw Szpilman's experience (The Pianist): the best chance to evade the claws of the SS was to not remain in the same place for too long. Even whist fleeing the city knowing it's the last days of the Reich, the SS still ruthlessly and stubbornly found the time to stop off in the suburbs and shoot families hiding in their basements.

After a period of uncertainty, where the black market was strife, there was an air of optimism, as Kov谩ly, her husband Rudolf, and many others like them were told wonderful stories of non-oppressive life in a post-war Soviet Union: basically a pack of lies, and how Stalinist modelled Communism was going to enter Czechoslovakia into a bright new age. Even before the formation of the GDR in 1949, things were eerily taking shape in the form of party membership and where a communist was duty-bound to be aware of everything happening around them, which brought about eavesdropping and betrayal. This would eventually lead on to anti-state conspiracies and the death penalty; including the hanging of Kov谩ly's husband.

Prague is such a beautiful city, but from here on out it made for some pretty depressing reading; fascinating though but grim, where State Security seemed to have half the city under surveillance, and where people were in despair over their finances and the confiscation of property. Kov谩ly writes up to 1968 when the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. There was just so much negatively in the city, I could truly feel the unpleasant atmosphere in Kov谩ly's writing. So when I picture Prague and the rest of the Soviet Bloc all I see is grey: Grey skies, grey faces, grey buildings, grey raincoats, grey everything. Still, it beats having the SS and the Butcher of Prague Reinhard Heydrich stomping around your hometown.

A very interesting read, but obviously not a pleasant one.
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201 reviews75 followers
January 26, 2022
蹖讴 诏夭丕乇卮 爻蹖丕爻蹖 氐賲蹖賲丕賳賴

亘蹖鈥屫蹿� 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 爻丕蹖賴鈥屰� 丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿 亘乇丕蹖 讴爻丕賳蹖 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 丕賳丿讴蹖 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屰� 丌夭丕丿蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 毓匕丕亘蹖 賲丿丕賲 丕爻鬲.
賴賽丿丕 賲丕乇诏賵賱蹖賵爻 讴賵丕賱蹖 - 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵 乇丕賵蹖 夭蹖乇 鬲蹖睾 爻鬲丕乇賴鈥屰� 噩亘丕乇- 賳蹖夭 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕賮乇丕丿 丕爻鬲.
丕賵 丿禺鬲乇蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賵 丕賴賱 倬乇丕诏 亘賵丿 讴賴 丿乇 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 亘賴 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 讴丕乇 丌蹖卮賵蹖鬲爻 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 卮丿貙 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 乇丕 丌賳噩丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿 賵 爻倬爻 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 丕賲蹖丿 丌夭丕丿蹖 賮乇丕乇 讴乇丿 賵賱蹖 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 乇爻蹖丿 丌賳賯丿乇 亘丕 爻乇丿蹖 乇賮鬲丕乇 丕胤乇丕賮蹖丕賳卮 賲賵丕噩賴 卮丿 讴賴 丿乇 丿賱 丌乇夭賵 讴乇丿 讴丕卮 讴爻蹖 乇丕 亘蹖丕亘丿 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳蹖鬲 亘乇 鬲乇爻卮 睾賱亘賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿.
倬爻 丕夭 倬丕蹖丕賳 噩賳诏 亘丕 賲毓卮賵賯卮 - 乇賵丿賵賱賮 賲丕乇诏賵賱蹖賵爻- 讴賴 丕賵 賴賲 丕夭 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 讴丕乇 噩丕賳 爻丕賱賲 亘賴 丿乇 亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿 丕夭丿賵丕噩 讴乇丿 賵 氐丕丨亘 賮乇夭賳丿 卮丿. 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 丨蹖賳 乇賵爻蹖賴 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 賲蹖鈥屫③屫� 賵 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 賴賲 爻丕蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屭池必� 賵 乇賵丿賵賱賮 讴賴 氐丕丿賯丕賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 爻蹖爻鬲賲 禺丿賲鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 亘賴 賳丕丨賯 丕毓丿丕賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丕賲丕 "賴丿丕" 丕夭 倬丕 賳賲蹖鈥屬嗀篡屬嗀� 賵 鬲賲丕賲 鬲賱丕卮卮 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕孬亘丕鬲 亘蹖鈥屭嗀з囒� 賴賲爻乇卮 亘讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄙ嗀� 賵 賲賵賮賯 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
丕賴賲賾蹖賾鬲 "夭蹖乇 鬲蹖睾 爻鬲丕乇賴鈥屰� 噩亘丕乇" 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮 诏爻鬲乇丿賴鈥屰� 乇丕賵蹖 亘乇丕蹖 氐丿丕賯鬲貙 賲乇孬蹖賴 賳禺賵丕賳丿賳 賵 賵賮丕丿丕乇 賲丕賳丿賳 亘賴 賳诏丕賴 毓丕丿賱丕賳賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 卮蹖賵賴鈥屰� 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 鬲丕乇蹖禺 爻亘亘 卮丿賴 鬲丕 讴鬲丕亘 倬乇 丕夭 乇丕賴讴丕乇 賵 倬丕爻禺 亘丕卮丿 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丕賲乇賵夭 丿乇诏蹖乇 丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿蹖 丌賳诏賵賳賴鈥屫з嗀�.

亘禺卮鈥屬囏й屰� 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘:
鈻笍賲賴賲鈥屫臂屬� 趩蹖夭 丨賮馗 丌乇丕賲卮 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 丌卮賵亘 丕爻鬲.

鈻笍賴乇 乇賳噩蹖 亘賴 鬲丿乇蹖噩 鬲丨賲賱 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.

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鈻笍噩丕賲毓賴鈥屰� 禺賵亘 噩丕賲毓賴鈥屫й� 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴乇 賮乇丿蹖 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 禺賵亘 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賳丿貙 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 禺賵丿賲.

鈻笍 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘丕 乇賳噩蹖 讴賳丕乇 丌賲丿 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘丕 禺賵賳爻乇丿蹖 亘乇 賴賲賳賵毓 禺賵丿 鬲丨賲蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.

鈻笍 鬲賳賴丕 爻賱丕丨 囟毓賮丕 讴賱賲丕鬲 賴爻鬲賳丿.

鈻笍 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲鈥屬囏� 賴賲丕賳 賳丕夭蹖鈥屬囏� 亘賵丿賳丿 丿乇 蹖賵賳蹖賮乇賲蹖 亘丕 乇賳诏 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲.

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37 reviews5 followers
May 11, 2023
芦賵賯鬲蹖 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 丿乇 丕賵賱賵蹖鬲 亘丕卮丿貙 乇賵丕亘胤 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘賴 丨丕卮蹖賴 乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.禄

賴賲賴鈥屰� 亘禺卮鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丿賵爻鬲鈥屫ж簇嗃� 賵 賲噩匕賵亘鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 亘賵丿貨 丕賲丕 丕诏賴 亘禺賵丕賲 亘賴 鬲丕孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇鬲乇蹖賳 亘購毓丿卮 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲 丕卮丕乇賴 讴賳賲貙 亘賴 噩賲賱賴鈥屰� 亘丕賱丕 丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕乇噩丕毓鬲賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫�.

丿乇 匕賴賳 賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 丿賵 亘禺卮 鬲賯爻蹖賲 卮丿賴. 蹖讴 亘禺卮 卮丕賲賱 乇賵丕蹖鬲 诏賵蹖賳丿賴 丕夭 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 亘賴 丕囟丕賮賴鈥屰� 賯爻賲鬲鈥屬囏й� 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 讴鬲丕亘貙 讴賴 蹖賴 噩賵乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 乇賵丕賳貙 賲蹖禺鈥屭┵堌ㄢ€屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 鬲丕孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇賴. 鬲賵丕賱蹖 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 丿賱賴乇賴鈥屫①堌� 亘丕 噩夭蹖蹖丕鬲 夭蹖丕丿 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 丕卮讴 賴賲 亘賴 趩卮賲 丌丿賲 賲蹖丕乇賴 賵 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 賵丕賯毓蹖 亘賵丿賳卮賵賳 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬矩必ж槽� 卮丿賳.

丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱貙 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 賯爻賲鬲鈥屬囏й� 賲蹖丕賳蹖 禺賵丿卮 讴賴 卮乇丨鈥屫囐嗀団€屰� 賮囟丕蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩賳诏 丿乇 趩讴爻賱賵丕讴蹖 賵 亘賴 賯丿乇鬲 乇爻蹖丿賳 丨夭亘 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲賴貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屫促� 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘蹖 倬乇 丕夭 噩爻鬲丕乇賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 賵 爻蹖丕爻蹖. 丕蹖賳 賯爻賲鬲鈥屬囏� 乇賵 亘丕 丿賯鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 丿賳亘丕賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲賳 乇賵 亘賴 賮讴乇 賮乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必�. 卮丕蹖丿 趩賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 爻丕蹖賴鈥屰� 丨丕讴賲蹖鬲 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖讴貙 丿賯蹖賯丕 賴賲賵賳 趩蹖夭蹖賴 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴乇 賲賵囟賵毓 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫й� 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屰� 賮毓賱蹖 賲賳賴.

亘禺卮鈥屬囏й屰� 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 亘賯蹖賴鈥屰� 丕賵賳 賲賳 乇賵 丿乇诏蹖乇 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 噩夭蹖蹖丕鬲 賮囟丕蹖 噩丕賲毓賴貙 丿蹖丿诏丕賴鈥屬囏� 賵 讴賳卮鈥屬囏й� 鬲賵丿賴鈥屰� 賲乇丿賲 亘賵丿 賵 爻蹖乇 賯丕亘賱 鬲丕賲賱 鬲睾蹖蹖乇丕鬲卮賵賳. 賴賲蹖賳 賲爻卅賱賴 讴賴 亘乇噩爻鬲賴 卮丿賳 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 趩胤賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丕乇鬲亘丕胤丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 乇賵 亘賴 丕賳丨胤丕胤 亘讴卮賵賳賴 賵 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱貙 讴賵趩讴鈥屫臂屬� 賳賯丕胤 乇賵卮賳 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 丕乇鬲亘丕胤丕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 賳噩丕鬲鈥屫囐嗀� 亘丕卮賳.

賲賳 賳爻禺賴鈥屰� 氐賵鬲蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 乇丕丿蹖賵诏賵卮賴 亘丕 氐丿丕蹖 亘賴丕乇 讴丕鬲賵夭蹖 乇賵 诏賵卮 讴乇丿賲 讴賴 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屰� 亘爻蹖丕乇 乇囟丕蹖鬲鈥屫ㄘ篡� 亘賵丿鈥�.
丿賱賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿乇 丕亘鬲丿丕蹖 丨賲賱賴鈥屰� 卮賵乇賵蹖 賲鬲賵賯賮 賳賲蹖鈥屫簇� 賵 賴賲趩賳丕賳 丕丿丕賲賴 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丕蹖賳胤賵乇蹖 丕賳诏丕乇 蹖賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 賳蹖賲賴鈥屭┴ж辟� 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賴鈥屫з�. :))
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February 19, 2016
Under a Cruel Star: Life in Prague 1941-1968 by Heda Margolius Kovaly.

This is one Woman's compelling account of strength and courage from the end of World War II and through the communist era in Czechoslovakia.

I have read many many accounts of life during the War and in the Concentration Camps but this particular Memoir picqued my interest when I learned that Heda was born in Prague of Jewish ancestry, survived the concentration camps and the death march to make her wasy back to Prague to learn that she was the only member of her family to survive the war.

The book concentrates mostly on the details of growing communism among many Czechoslovaks after the war and what they had hoped for in a better life turned out to be a nightmare.
I loved this no nonsense story and the author's direct approach. The hardships and trials these people endured after the Nazi's were defeated are just remarkable and how life under communism became a nightmare for so many people.

I have had this book on my shelf for a number of years I remember purchasing it after visiting Prague and only came accorss it when clearing out books. A remarkable and educational read for anyone interested in this time in history.

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August 12, 2024
禺蹖賱蹖 賵賯鬲鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕賲 爻賵丕賱 亘賵丿賴 蹖賴 丌丿賲 趩賯丿乇 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲賴 亘丿卮丕賳爻 亘丕卮賴 讴賴 丿賵鬲丕 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 乇賵 亘亘蹖賳賴 蹖丕 賵賯鬲蹖 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 讴賴 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖卮賴 賵 賴賲賴 賲蹖禺賵丕賳 蹖賴 賳賮爻 乇丕丨鬲蹖 亘讴卮賳 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 爻乇 賵 爻丕賲賵賳 亘丿賳貙 賵丕乇丿 蹖讴 丿賵乇賴 胤賵賱丕賳蹖 賵 賮乇爻丕蹖卮蹖 賳馗丕賲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲蹖 亘卮賴. 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴賲賵賳 亘丿卮丕賳爻鈥屬囏� 亘賵丿賴. 蹖讴 蹖賴賵丿蹖 讴賴 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖鈥屬囏ж� 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖卮賴 賵 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖卮賴 亘賴 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 亘乇賴 賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩賳诏 讴賴 鬲丕夭賴 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 蹖賴 匕乇賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇賴貙 诏蹖乇 蹖賴 丨讴賵賲鬲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 賵 鬲丕 蹖賴 讴賵乇爻賵蹖 丕賲蹖丿蹖 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗁� 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘丕蹖丿 丕卮睾丕賱 讴卮賵乇 亘賴 丿爻鬲 卮賵乇賵蹖 乇賵 賳馗丕乇賴 讴賳賴!
丕蹖賳 丨噩賲 丕夭 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賵 亘丿卮丕賳爻蹖 睾蹖乇賯丕亘賱 亘丕賵乇賴 噩賵乇蹖 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 丕賵賱 蹖讴 賳賮爻 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 鬲毓乇蹖賮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 丨鬲蹖 賮乇氐鬲 賳賲蹖讴賳賴 趩賴丕乇 倬賳噩 氐賮丨賴 乇丕噩毓鈥屫ㄙ� 禺賵卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 乇賵夭诏丕乇 氐丨亘鬲 讴賳賴. 鬲丕夭賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賵囟毓蹖鬲蹖 讴賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丿乇 亘蹖賳 亘賯蹖賴 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賵 丕賯賵丕賲 蹖讴 丌丿賲 禺賵卮鈥屫簇з嗀� 亘賴 丨爻丕亘 賲蹖鈥屫з堎呚� 讴賴 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕蹖賳 賯囟丕蹖丕 噩賵賳 爻丕賱賲 亘賴 丿乇 亘乇丿賴 賵賱蹖 亘賴 趩賴 賯蹖賲鬲蹖責
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賳讴丕鬲蹖 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丿乇 卮乇丕蹖胤 爻禺鬲 趩賯丿乇 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 禺丕乇賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 賵 禺賮賳 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 丕賳噩丕賲 亘丿賴 賵 趩賯丿乇 賲蹖賱 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 夭賳丿賴 亘賵丿賳 賳蹖乇賵蹖 賯賵蹖 丿丕乇賴!
讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵卮 禺賵丕賳 賵 乇賵丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲貙 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賲 亘禺賵賳蹖丿.
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158 reviews9 followers
September 16, 2023
鄞.鄣爻鬲丕乇赖

賴丿丕蹖 毓夭蹖夭貙
禺賵卮丨丕賱賲 讴賴 賮乇氐鬲 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賲 鬲丕 亘丕賴丕鬲貙 亘蹖賳 賵丕跇賴鈥屬囏� 賴賲鈥屬傌� 亘卮賲... 亘丕賴丕鬲 丕卮讴 乇蹖禺鬲賲貙亘賴鬲 夭丿賴 卮丿賲貙賳诏乇丕賳 卮丿賲貙 亘丕賴丕鬲 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲貙丨爻 讴乇丿賲貙 亘丕賴丕鬲 賴賲丿賱蹖 讴乇丿賲 賵 丿乇 丌禺乇 亘丕賴丕鬲 爻乇賲 乇賵 丕夭 丕賵賳 賯胤丕乇 睾賲诏蹖賳 亘蹖乇賵賳 丌賵乇丿賲 賵 亘賴 倬卮鬲 爻乇賲 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賲...

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"丕蹖賳讴 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭賲丕賳丿诏丕賳 丕夭 賳賮爻 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 丿乇 氐賮鈥屬囏й� 亘蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲丿丕乇讴 賵 讴賵倬賳 賵 睾匕丕 賵 亘賴 爻鬲賵賴 丌賲丿賴 丕夭 亘诏賵賲诏賵 亘丕 讴丕乇賲賳丿丕賳 丕丿丕乇丕鬲 賵 爻賵丿噩賵蹖丕賳 乇賮鬲賴 乇賮鬲賴 賳诏乇丕賳 丌蹖賳丿賴 蹖 讴卮賵乇 賲蹖卮丿賳丿 亘賴 鬲丿乇蹖噩 亘乇丕蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 乇賵卮賳 賲蹖卮丿 讴賴 卮乇 亘賴 禺賵丿蹖 禺賵丿 乇卮丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿貙 丕賲丕 禺蹖乇 鬲賳賴丕 亘丕 賲亘丕乇夭賴 丕蹖 噩丕賳丕賳賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丌蹖丿 賵 氐乇賮丕賸 亘丕 鬲賱丕卮蹖 禺爻鬲诏蹖 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 丨賮馗 賲蹖卮賵丿 賮賴賲蹖丿蹖賲 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲丕賳 丕賴丿丕賮蹖 卮賮丕賮 賵 噩爻賵乇丕賳賴 丿乇 賳馗乇 亘诏蹖乇蹖賲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 鬲丨賯賯卮丕賳 丿賵卮 亘賴 丿賵卮 賴賲 鬲賱丕卮 讴賳蹖賲. 丕賲丕 賲卮讴賱 丕蹖賳 噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 賴乇讴爻 鬲氐賵乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕賴丿丕賮 丿丕卮鬲."


"丕賲乇賵夭 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賳 亘賴 倬卮鬲 爻乇 賯囟丕賵鬲 賵 賲丨讴賵賲 讴乇丿賳 讴丕乇 丌爻丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲貙 丕賲丕 賲蹖 胤賲卅賳賲 丕卮鬲亘丕賴丕鬲蹖 讴賴 乇賵丿賱賮 賵 丕賲孬丕賱 丕賵 賲乇鬲讴亘 卮丿賳丿 禺胤丕蹖 丿丕賵乇蹖 亘賵丿 禺胤丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賳賯氐丕賳 丿丕賳卮 賳丕卮蹖 賲蹖卮丿 鬲丕 賳賯氐丕賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丌賳賴丕 丨爻賳 賳蹖鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳丿貙 诏乇趩賴 賳蹖鬲 賲爻賱賲丕賸 丕賴賲蹖鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 诏丕賴蹖 賳蹖丕鬲 卮乇 亘賴 賳鬲丕蹖噩 禺蹖乇 賲蹖 丕賳噩丕賲丿 賵 賳蹖丕鬲 禺蹖乇 丿賯蹖賯丕賸 亘賴 賳賯蹖囟 禺賵丿 賲賳噩乇 賲蹖卮賵賳丿 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 亘爻鬲诏蹖 亘賴 卮乇丕蹖胤 丿丕乇丿. 丿乇 卮乇丕蹖胤 禺賵亘貙 丨鬲賶 丕毓賲丕賱蹖 亘丕 卮蹖胤丕賳蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 賳蹖丕鬲 賳蹖夭 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 丿乇 倬乇鬲賵 鬲丕乇蹖禺 丕卮鬲亘丕賴丕鬲蹖 亘禺卮賵丿賳蹖 卮賲乇丿賴 卮賵賳丿 丕賲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 丌丿賲蹖 賳馗丕賲蹖 爻蹖丕爻蹖 乇丕 亘乇 賲蹖 诏夭蹖賳丿 讴賴 亘毓丿 賲毓賱賵賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賳馗丕賲蹖 卮乇賵乇 丕爻鬲 賵 賳丕鬲賵丕賳 丕夭 丕氐賱丕丨 禺胤丕賴丕蹖 禺賵蹖卮 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 賴賲賴 蹖 賱睾夭卮鈥屬囏й屫� 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 噩賳丕蹖丕鬲蹖 賳丕亘禺卮賵丿賳蹖 賯賱賲丿丕丿 卮賵賳丿."
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April 4, 2023
芦丿賱賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 丿乇诏蹖乇 爻蹖丕爻鬲 卮賵賲. 賲丿丕賲 亘賴 禺賵丿賲 賲蹖鈥屭佖�: 芦鬲賳賴丕 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賲賳 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐� 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 毓丕丿蹖 賵 丌乇丕賲 丕爻鬲.禄 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌乇丕賲 賵 爻丕丿賴 賳賴 毓丕丿蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 賳賴 丌爻丕賳 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�. 亘乇丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 讴丕乇 丿乇 丌乇丕賲卮貙 倬乇賵乇卮 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 賵 賱匕鬲鈥屫ㄘ必� 丕夭 禺賵卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 讴賵趩讴 賵 亘夭乇诏 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮賯胤 丿丕卮鬲賳 蹖丕乇 賲賵丕賮賯 賵 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 卮睾賱 賲賳丕爻亘 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 亘賴 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 讴卮賵乇 賵 卮毓賵乇 禺賵丿鬲 讴賮丕蹖鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 亘賱讴賴 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴鈥屰� 丕蹖賳鈥屬囏� 亘賴 蹖讴 夭蹖乇亘賳丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 賲丨讴賲 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇蹖 鬲丕 趩賳蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿賱禺賵丕賴蹖 乇丕 亘乇 丌賳 亘賳丕 讴賳蹖.禄

亘賴 卮禺氐賴 丕诏乇 噩丕蹖 賴丿丕 亘賵丿賲 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丕夭 趩丕賱賴 (丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 賵 卮乇丕蹖胤 賳丕夭蹖) 亘賴 趩丕賴 (讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲) 賲蹖鈥屫з佖ж� 趩賳丿蹖賳 亘丕乇 噩丕 賲蹖鈥屫藏� 賵 蹖丕 賳賴丕蹖鬲 賱胤賮蹖 讴賴 亘賴 禺賵丿賲 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 亘賵丿. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩蹖 鬲賵 賵噩賵丿 丌锟斤拷賲丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳賯丿乇 丿蹖丿卮賵賳 賵 噩賳诏蹖丿賳卮賵賳 鬲賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丕夭 賴賲 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 丕賲丕 丕诏賴 賲孬亘鬲 亘禺賵丕賲 賳诏丕賴 讴賳賲貙 卮丕蹖丿 禺賵賳丿賳 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屬嗀з呝� 倬乇 丕夭 丕賲蹖丿 賵 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯蹖 蹖賴 乇賵夭蹖 蹖賴 鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 鬲賵蹖 丿蹖丿 爻蹖丕賴賲 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘夭丕乇賴.

亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 噩賲賱丕鬲 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴 丿賱 賲蹖卮蹖賳賴貙 丕蹖賳 賴賲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 讴賴 丿丕乇蹖賲 鬲賵 賴賲趩蹖賳 卮乇丕蹖胤蹖 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕 賲蹖夭賳蹖賲. 丕賲蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖賲 蹖丕 ...!!!

倬丕蹖丕賳: 倬丕賳夭丿賴賲 賮乇賵乇丿蹖賳 賲丕賴 爻丕賱 郾鄞郯鄄
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October 3, 2023
Ten铆ais raz贸n. Este libro hay que leerlo.

Porque cuando Kov谩ly se escapa de Auschwitz piensas que nada peor le puede ocurrir, que ya ha agotado todo el dolor que le pod铆a tocar en vida.

Y no es as铆, porque primero se encuentra con una Praga que ya no es su hogar, donde sus amigos temen ayudarla por si regresan los nazis. Y cuando termina la guerra, el Partido se dedica a dinamitar todos los visos de hogar que pudieran quedar: el vac铆o, la c谩rcel de su marido, la incertidumbre, la rabia y la pobreza.

驴Y todo para qu茅? 驴Para qu茅 ha servido tanto dolor, tristeza y rabia? Para nada.

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August 18, 2024
賲賳 丕蹖賳 爻乇蹖 诏夭丕乇卮 賴丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 丕夭 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賲丕賴蹖 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲. 鬲乇噩賲卮賲 賵丕賯毓丕 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿.
讴鬲丕亘 乇賵丕蹖鬲鈥屭� 亘禺鬲 亘蹖丿丕丿诏乇 賴賽丿丕 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 禺賵丿卮賴.
賴丿丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘乇禺賱丕賮 亘禺鬲卮貙 乇賵丨蹖 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 夭丕丿诏丕賴卮貙 倬乇丕诏貙 丿丕乇賴. 賵丕賯毓丕 賯丕丿乇 賳蹖爻鬲賲 丕蹖賳 丨噩賲 丕夭 氐亘乇 賵 丕爻鬲賯丕賲鬲 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 蹖讴蹖 丿乇 賴蹖卅鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 賲鬲氐賵乇 亘卮賲. 賲賳 亘賴 卮禺氐賴 賴賲賵賳 丕賵丕蹖賱 讴賲 賲蹖丕賵乇丿賲! :)))
亘禺卮 賴丕蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 倬丕 亘賴 倬丕蹖 賴丿丕 诏乇蹖賴 讴乇丿賲貙 丿乇丿 讴卮蹖丿賲貙 禺賵卮丨丕賱 卮丿賲 賵賱蹖 賲蹖丿賵賳爻鬲賲 禺賵卮丨丕賱蹖 丿賵賵賲 賳賲蹖丕乇賴 賵 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丿乇丿 丕夭 乇丕賴 賲蹖乇爻賴.
亘賯蹖卮 丕爻倬賵蹖賱 丿丕乇賴 :+

夭賳丿诏蹖 賴丿丕 丿乇 亘乇賴賴鈥屫й� 丕夭 鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賱賲丕賳 賳丕夭蹖 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴. 丕夭 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 噩丿丕 賲蹖卮賴貨 亘賴 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 丿乇 賱賴爻鬲丕賳 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賴 賵 賴乇 乇賵夭卮 乇賵 亘丕 鬲乇爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 賵 亘丕乇蹖讴賴 丕賲蹖丿蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴鬲乇 賲蹖诏匕乇賵賳賴.
爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 賴丿丕 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴 賮乇丕乇 讴賳賴 賵 亘賴 讴卮賵乇 禺賵丿卮貙 趩讴爻賱賵丕讴蹖 亘乇诏乇丿賴.
芦卮丕蹖丿 賮賯胤 趩賳丿 乇賵夭 蹖丕 趩賳丿 爻丕毓鬲 丌夭丕丿蹖 賳氐蹖亘賲 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 丕賲丕 丕诏乇 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屫簇呚� 亘賴 倬乇賳丿賴鈥屫й� 賲蹖鈥屬呚з嗀池� 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲 倬乇賵丕夭 诏賱賵賱賴 禺賵乇丿賴貙 亘賴 賯丕蹖賯蹖 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 丿乇 鬲賵賮丕賳.禄

賴丿丕 亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 爻禺鬲蹖 賴丕 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 亘乇賲蹖诏乇丿賴 賵賱蹖 賴蹖趩鈥屭┴堎� 丕夭 乇賮蹖賯丕卮 丨丕囟乇 賳賲蹖卮賳 亘賴卮 倬賳丕賴 亘丿賳.
芦 鬲丕 丿蹖乇賵夭 賮賯胤 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 倬賱蹖爻 蹖讴 賳馗丕賲 賮丕卮蹖爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫й屫池ж�. 丕賲丕 丨丕賱丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丿卮賲賳 亘丿鬲乇蹖 賲賯丕亘賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴必呚� 亘丕 鬲乇爻 賵 亘蹖鈥屫ж关嗀й屰� 丌丿賲 賴丕. 丨丕賱丕 丿賳亘丕賱 丌丿賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屭簇� 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳蹖鬲卮 亘乇 鬲乇爻卮 亘趩乇亘丿.禄

賴丿丕 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 乇賵蹖 倬賱 倬乇丕诏 賯丿賲 賲蹖夭賳賴貙 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賱丨馗賴 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿卮 倬丕蹖丕賳 亘丿賴 鬲丕 丿賵亘丕乇賴 鬲賵爻胤 賳蹖乇賵 賴丕蹖 丕爻.丕爻 賳丕夭蹖 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇 賳卮賴. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱 丿乇 丨蹖賳 倬乇蹖丿賳 丿賵 鬲丕 爻乇亘丕夭 丕夭 丌乇賳噩 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳卮. 賴丿丕 鬲賲丕賲 鬲賱丕卮卮賵 賲蹖讴賳賴 鬲丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲卮賵賳 禺賱丕氐 亘卮賴 賵賱蹖 賲賵賮賯 賳賲蹖卮賴. 亘毓丿 丕夭 賳噩丕鬲 蹖丕賮鬲賳卮 賲蹖亘蹖賳賴 丕賵賳丕 賮賯胤 丿賵 鬲丕 爻乇亘丕夭 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 亘賵丿賳.
噩賳诏 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖卮賴 賵 乇丕賴 賴丿丕 亘丕夭 賴賲 亘賴 賴賲賵賳 倬賱 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴.
芦 趩賳丿 賯丿賲 噩賱賵 鬲乇 乇賮鬲賲 賵 丿蹖丿賲 丌賳 倬丕蹖蹖賳貙 讴賳丕乇 倬賱貙 賲乇丿蹖 亘丕 蹖賵賳蹖賮賵乇賲 爻蹖丕賴 丕爻 丕爻 丿乇 亘乇讴賴鈥屫й� 爻蹖丕賴 丕夭 禺賵賳 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 丕爻鬲. 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 诏賮鬲賲 : 噩賳诏 賴賲蹖賳 丨丕賱丕 鬲賲丕賲 卮丿貙 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賱丨馗賴 賵 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳賯胤賴貙 趩賵賳 丕賵 賲乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 賲賳 夭賳丿賴鈥屫з�.禄

賴丿丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩賳诏 賲蹖賮賴賲賴 毓卮賯 丿賵乇丕賳 讴賵丿讴蹖卮 芦乇賵丿賵賱賮禄 夭賳丿爻鬲. 亘丕賴賲 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖讴賳賳 賵 氐丕丨亘 亘趩賴 賲蹖卮賳 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳 亘丕乇 禺賵卮亘禺鬲蹖卮賵賳 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賯丿乇鬲蹖 賲鬲禺丕氐賲 鬲乇 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴: 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳.
乇賵丿賵賱賮 亘賴 賯氐丿 噩亘乇丕賳 鬲賲丕賲 爻丕賱 賴丕蹖 丕賳賮毓丕賱卮 丿乇 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 賴丕貙 亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 亘賴 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲 賵 鬲睾蹖蹖乇丕鬲卮 亘丕賵乇 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賴.
芦趩乇丕 賲賳 夭賳丿賴鈥屫з� 賵 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕賳賲 夭賳丿賴 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿責 賲賳 亘賴 丌賳 賴丕 亘丿賴讴丕乇賲. 丌賳 賴丕 亘賴 噩丕蹖 賲賳 賲乇丿賳丿. 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丌賳 賴丕 賴賲 讴賴 卮丿賴貙 亘丕蹖丿 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 亘爻丕夭賲 讴賴 賴乇诏夭 趩賳蹖賳 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丌賳 鬲讴乇丕乇 賳卮賵丿.禄

賴丿丕 鬲爻賱蹖賲 賵爻賵爻賴 丕蹖丿賷賵賱賵跇蹖 賳賲蹖卮賴 丕賲丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 卮賵賴乇卮 毓囟賵 丨夭亘 賲蹖卮賴.
芦 讴爻丕賳蹖 讴賴 丌賲丕丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 乇賮丕賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 乇丕賴 丌乇賲丕賳蹖 賵丕賱丕 賮丿丕 爻丕夭賳丿 賲爻鬲毓丿 丕蹖賳賳丿 讴賴 趩賳蹖賳 丕蹖孬丕乇蹖 乇丕 亘賴 夭賵乇 丕夭 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賳蹖夭 胤賱亘 讴賳賳丿貙 丿蹖诏乇丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 丌賳丕賳 賲卮鬲丕賯 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿.禄

賳賴丕蹖鬲丕 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 讴賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴 賵 乇賵丿賵賱賮 賴賲 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇 賵 丕毓丿丕賲 賲蹖卮賴.
鬲賵 丕蹖賳 亘禺卮 讴鬲丕亘 賲賳 賮賯胤 夭丕乇 夭丿賲賲賲鈥� 賵 蹖丕丿 鬲讴 鬲讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕蹖蹖 丕賮鬲丕丿賲 讴賴 亘趩賴 賴丕卮賵賳 亘賴 賳丕丨賯 丕毓丿丕賲 卮丿賳.
芦 賴賲賴 賲丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗃屬� 丿乇丿蹖 噩爻賲丕賳蹖 乇丕 讴賴 倬蹖丕賲丿 賮丕賳蹖 亘賵丿賳 丕賳爻丕賳 丕爻鬲 賵 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 賲丨鬲賵賲 丌丿賲 禺丕讴蹖 鬲丕亘 亘蹖丕賵乇蹖賲 丕賲丕 讴賳丕乇丌賲丿賳 亘丕 乇賳噩蹖 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕 禺賵賳爻乇丿蹖 鬲賲丕賲 亘乇 賴賲賳賵毓丕賳卮 鬲丨賲蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賲丨丕賱 丕爻鬲.禄

丕賵囟丕毓 賲賵賯鬲丕 亘賴鬲乇 賲蹖卮賴 賵 讴卮賵乇 亘賴 爻賲鬲 丕賳賯賱丕亘 賲蹖乇賴. 丕賲丕 丿賵亘丕乇賴 噩賳诏 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖卮賴.
芦賲蹖鈥屭┵堌篡屫� 禺賵丿賲 乇丕 賲鬲賯丕毓丿 讴賳賲 讴賴 賴蹖趩鈥屭┴� 丕夭 蹖丕丿 賳禺賵丕賴丿 亘乇丿貙 讴賴 丌蹖賳丿賴 賲丕 賳賴 鬲爻賱蹖賲貙 亘賱讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 亘乇丕蹖 賮乇氐鬲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丕爻鬲. 丨丕賱丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賲賴賲蹖 乇禺 丿丕丿賴 亘賵丿: 爻賱胤賳鬲 馗丕賱賲丕賳賴 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 乇爻蹖丿賴 亘賵丿. 卮丕蹖丿 丨賯蹖賯鬲貙 亘賴 卮蹖賵賴 倬蹖卮鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃屸€屬嗀з矩佰屫� 賵 睾蹖乇賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 禺賵丿卮貙 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 倬蹖乇賵夭 卮丿賴 亘賵丿.禄 :)
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2,811 reviews1,430 followers
August 4, 2015
NO SPOILERS

During the last few days I have been reading Under A Cruel Star. Tom, one of my GR friends, brought to my attention that the author, in her nineties, had recently died. I had the book sitting there on my shelf and memoirs always attract me. I needed a good book after having been so disappointed by the last book I had read, Buddha's Orphans. Opening it I wondered, what would this book give me? You never really know by simply reading the blurb describing the book, as Buddha's Orphans made so very clear!

This is a memoir about the Czech author's experiences through the WW2 and the political turmoil in Czechoslovakia following the war, before the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The subtitle is "A Life in Prague 1941 鈥� 1968." It gives an accurate description os the book's content. The emphasis is on the author's life after the war, although the horrendous experiences throughout the war, that would forever change her way of viewing life, are depicted.. Her war experiences are extremely moving, although straightforward and presented without pity. You immediately perceive that pushed to a certain point she rebels, she does not harshly judge others and has an ability to recognize how no two individuals have the same priorities. In a labor camp, her father chose to work in the fields, very strenuous and life threatening. Why would one make such a choice? She was able to visit her father:

"I saw for the first time how terribly he had aged, how pale he was, and how withered by hunger and humiliation. We stood together for a moment in the sunshine, and then my father took off his cap and said, shyly, 'Now in spring my heart feels so heavy鈥︹€�' It was only many years later that I understood why he had chosen to do this work which was far more strenuous than what he was doing before. Each day he had to walk a long distance before reaching the fields. Then, from dawn to dusk, he had to drag himself behind the plow, the heavy clogs on his feet sticking in the clay. But here he was alone with what he loved most, the freshly turned earth, the open sky, the clean breeze. On the eve of his death, he had returned to those things from which he had come." (page 76)

Over and over, you see the author's ability to find happiness in small, little things. She believes that without this ability she would have never survived. You see her ability to understand others' personalities. However, any attempt to read the book following the time line of her war experiences is hopeless. In fact, I went back and reread the first 40 pages to try and understand which events followed which, and was no wiser on the second reading! Sometimes I was a bit confused. For example, how she met her husband was confusing鈥�.. (This isn't a problem; the reader is told later in the book!)

The author states very clearly that, "I was more interested in what was happening around me in the present, among the people I loved, than in the foggy spheres of ideology."(page 65). Nevertheless, there are many pages focused on ideology and politics. I found it very interesting to understand how the surge in communism after the war was coupled to war experiences and perhaps even survivors' guilt. Her husband worked in the government; they knew the leaders and the party officials. Thus, the book offers a blend of both political and philosophical thoughts.

"I know there was nothing anyone could do. But they were taking away an 86-year-old grandmother to a horrible death, and the village where she had lived all her life, where everybody loved her, had just looked on. The only thing that anyone had had to say was, 'Mrs. Bloch, don't be afraid鈥︹€�'" (page 66)

So many friends promised so much help鈥︹€�. and yet so few could or did actually help. These friends are not judged harshly. Why they made the choices they made are clearly shown. This philosophical analysis is very interesting to me. Who wouldn't be changed by such experiences?! What was fascinating was to see her behaviour.

And I must include a few lines about Prague itself:

"Springtimes in Prague 鈥� who could forget them? Forsythias on the Letina Plain. The flowering hills of Strahov. 鈥�. But what is unique about Prague is the relation between the city and its people. Prague is not an uncaring backdrop which stands impassive, ignoring happiness and suffering alike. Prague lives in the lives of her people and they repay her with the love we usually reserve for other human beings. Prague is not an aggregate of buildings where born, work, and die. She is alive, sad, and brave, and when she smiles with spring, her smile glistens like a tear." (page 76)

I am enjoying myself. The content is interesting and moving.

Through page 120: By the early 1950s the Communist government in Czechoslovakia was corrupt. All lived with fear. You could trust no one. Life was FEAR. After the Communist coup in 1948 all were filled with hope for the future. Communism would bring peace and justice and fairness. Peculiar occurrences were laughed at鈥︹€�. But by 1950, 1951 or 1952 the climate had changed. So when some one did help 鈥� wow, you, the reader, jump with joy! But the author reasons:

"If everyone were a hero, what would courage be worth?" (page 117)

And this makes me laugh:

"I have an innate incompetence for anything mechanical. It has always seemed to me that a machine can tell from far away that I am afraid of it and that I don't understand anything about it, and breaks down on the spot out of sheer self-reservation." (page 120)

The author and I are soul-mates!

So who should read this book? You should be interested in learning about the Czech history from 1941 -1968, i.e. life during the War and the period following the War up to the Soviet invasion in 1968. You will learn much about the Slansky Trial and its aftermath. This trial is important. There were other similar trials. In them you visualize the corruption and anti-Semitism prevalent in Czechoslovakia, other Eastern European nations and in the Soviet Union at the end of Stalin's reign. You will learn through one woman's real experiences of these times. You will learn much, much more than any history book filled with dry facts and names. In this book you get all the facts, but you will also come to truly understand how it would feel to have been there yourself. This is NOT a book predominantly about war experiences. It is about the growth of Communism, the hope it began with and the disillusion that followed. You learn what it was like to be living then and there. This book is a winner. I give it 5 stars.
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賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘禺鬲 亘蹖丿丕丿诏乇 賴賲趩賵賳 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫③屫� 賵賱蹖 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賮乇囟 讴賴 賴賲賴鈥屰� 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 鬲賱禺 賵 乇賳噩鈥屫①堌� 丌賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿. 爻乇诏匕卮鬲 丕蹖賳 夭賳 乇丕 丕夭 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 賵丕乇丿 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴鈥屬囏й� 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 卮丕賴丿 賴爻鬲蹖賲. 丕賵 乇賳噩鈥屬囏� 賵 賲卮賯鬲鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖賳 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 乇丕 亘乇賲賱丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 賴丿丕 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 讴賴 丿乇 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 1941 鬲丕 1968 亘乇 賲乇丿賲 倬乇丕诏 賲蹖鈥屭柏必� 乇丕 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 賳讴鬲賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賳丕賲賴鈥屰� 乇賳噩 丌賵乇 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 賳賲賵丿賴 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 丕賲蹖丿亘禺卮 禺賵丿 賴丿丕 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 丌夭丕丿蹖 丕爻鬲. 賴丿丕 倬爻 丕夭 賳噩丕鬲 丕夭 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴鈥屬囏й� 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 亘賴 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲 賲蹖鈥屬聚屬堎嗀� 鬲丕 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 丕夭 賳丕夭蹖鈥屬囏� 乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丨夭亘 亘诏蹖乇丿. 睾丕賮賱 丕夭 丌賳 讴賴 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲 賳蹖夭 丨夭亘蹖 賳丕讴丕乇丌賲丿 丕爻鬲.

賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲賱丕卮蹖 亘乇丕蹖 爻蹖丕爻蹖 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 禺賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 爻禺鬲蹖鈥屬囏� 乇丕 賴乇丌賳趩賴 讴賴 賴爻鬲 賴丕賳胤賵乇 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 丕賵 鬲賳賴丕 亘丕 亘蹖丕賳 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵蹖卮 丿乇 胤蹖 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 噩賳诏 賵 毓囟賵蹖鬲 丿乇 丨夭亘 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 禺賵丕賴丕賳 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 丨賯蹖賯鬲 鬲丕乇蹖禺 丕爻鬲.

丿賵 賲丕賴 亘毓丿 丕夭 丌夭丕丿爻丕夭蹖貙 丿賵乇賴鈥屰� 賴賱賴賱賴 讴乇丿賳 賵 丿乇 丌睾賵卮 诏乇賮鬲賳 亘賴 丌禺乇 乇爻蹖丿. 丿蹖诏乇 讴爻蹖 睾匕丕 賵 賱亘丕爻 丕賴丿丕 賳賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 亘賱讴賴 丕蹖賳 趩蹖夭賴丕 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 賵 丿乇 亘丕夭丕乇 爻蹖丕賴 賲蹖鈥屬佖辟堌�. 丌賳賴丕 讴賴 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 丕卮睾丕賱 丕夭 卮乇丕賮鬲卮丕賳 趩卮賲 倬賵卮蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿 丨丕賱丕 賲卮睾賵賱 趩乇鬲讴賴 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賳 賵 賳賯卮賴 趩蹖丿賳 亘賵丿賳丿貙 爻乇诏乇賲 噩丕爻賵爻蹖 賵 倬丕蹖蹖丿賳 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘乇丿賳 乇丿 倬丕蹖卮丕賳貙 丿乇 鬲亘 賵 鬲丕亘 丨賮馗 丿丕乇丕蹖蹖鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丕夭 賴賲丿爻鬲蹖 亘丕 丌賱賲丕賳蹖鈥屬囏� 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賲丿賴 亘賵丿.

亘丕 亘夭丿賱蹖 蹖丕 丕鬲賴丕賲 夭賳蹖 蹖丕 睾丕乇鬲 禺丕賳賴鈥屰� 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 鬲亘毓蹖丿 卮丿賴. 趩賳丿蹖 賳诏匕卮鬲 讴賴 毓匕丕亘 賵噩丿丕賳 賵 鬲乇爻 丕夭 賲讴丕賮丕鬲 亘賴 賳賮乇鬲 賵 爻賵亍馗賳蹖 丕賳噩丕賲蹖丿 讴賴 毓賲丿鬲丕 賯乇亘丕賳蹖丕賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 丕卮睾丕賱 乇丕 賳卮丕賳賴 賲蹖鈥屭辟佖� 蹖毓賳蹖 賳蹖乇賵賴丕蹖 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賮毓丕賱 賵 睾蹖乇賮毓丕賱貙 倬丕乇鬲蹖夭丕賳鈥屬囏ж� 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 賵 夭賳丿丕賳蹖丕賳 爻蹖丕爻蹖貙 丕卮禺丕氐 丿乇爻鬲讴丕乇蹖 讴賴 亘乇 爻乇 丨乇賮 禺賵丿 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 賵 丨鬲蹖 夭蹖乇 卮讴賳噩賴 亘賴 丕氐賵賱卮丕賳 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賳讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿.
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鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 噩賳亘賴鈥屰� 乇賵丨蹖 賴賱賵讴丕爻鬲貙 讴賲賵賳蹖爻賲貙 噩賳诏 賵鈥� 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 爻禺鬲蹖鈥屬囏й� 賮蹖夭蹖讴蹖 讴賲 亘蹖丕賳 卮丿賴. 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 賴賲蹖賳 賵噩賴 鬲賲丕蹖夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘丕蹖 賲卮丕亘賴 丿蹖诏賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 亘丕卮賴 讴賴 亘賴 卮禺氐賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲.
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讴鬲丕亘 夭蹖乇 鬲蹖睾賽 爻鬲丕乇踿 噩亘丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丿賵 丿賵乇賴 賴蹖鬲賱乇 賵 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳 乇賵 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖讴賳賴.

丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 馗賱賲蹖 乇賵 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 诏丕賴蹖 賲乇丿賲鈥屬囏й� 讴卮賵乇蹖 丿蹖诏賴 亘丕蹖丿 鬲賯丕氐卮 乇賵 倬爻 亘丿賳 賴賲 馗賱賲蹖 讴賴 诏丕賴蹖 賲乇丿賲 讴卮賵乇 禺賵丿鬲 亘丕蹖丿 丕賵賳 乇賵 鬲丨賲賱 讴賳賳 賵 丕蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 趩蹖夭鈥屬囏й屰� 賴爻鬲卮 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賱亘 讴乇丿賴. 賴丿丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲 丿乇 丿賵乇賴 賴蹖鬲賱乇 丌夭丕丿蹖卮 鬲賵爻胤 蹖讴 毓丕賲賱 亘蹖乇賵賳蹖 诏乇賮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴 賵 賴賲 丿乇 丿賵乇賴 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳 丌夭丕丿蹖卮 亘賴 毓賱鬲 丨賲丕賯鬲 賲乇丿賲 讴卮賵乇 禺賵丿卮 鬲賵爻胤 蹖讴 毓丕賲賱 丿乇賵賳蹖 诏乇賮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴.
賲蹖賴賳 倬乇爻鬲蹖 賵 毓卮賯 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 乇賵 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇噩丕蹖 噩丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖丿 賵 丕蹖賳 賲蹖賴賳 倬乇爻鬲蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 倬乇 丕夭 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 賵 丨爻 鬲毓賱賯 賲蹖讴賳賴 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃� 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 讴賲蹖 丨爻 賲蹖賴賳鈥屬矩必池� 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖 丕賵賳 丨爻 賲孬賱 卮毓賱賴 讴賵趩讴蹖 讴賴 乇賵卮 亘賳夭蹖賳 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫槽屫� 趩賳丿 亘乇丕亘乇 賲蹖卮賴.
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿丕禺賱 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖讴爻乇蹖 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳 丕毓丿丕賲 賲蹖鈥屫簇嗀� 亘賴 丕蹖賳 毓賱鬲 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 讴丕乇卮賵賳 亘丿 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賴 亘賵丿賳 蹖丕 禺蹖丕賳鬲 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳 亘賱讴賴 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘賵丿賴 讴賴 丕賵賳賯丿乇 賵胤賳 禺賵丿卮賵賳 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳 讴賴 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 賴乇 丿爻鬲賵乇蹖 讴賵乇讴賵乇丕賳賴 毓賲賱 賳賲蹖讴乇丿賳 賵 丕蹖賳 亘賴 賳賮毓 丨夭亘 賳亘賵丿賴.
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May 22, 2015
this is the short version...you can find the longer one .

Kov谩ly's memoir covers a span of time from 1941 to 1968, from when the Nazis began to deport Jews from Prague (and the author found herself first in the Lodz ghetto and then Auschwitz) until just prior to arrival of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia, after a very brief Prague Spring. She was lucky -- when the Nazis evacuated the camp she was in and made all of the remaining prisoners walk from Poland to Germany under heavy guard, she and a few other women managed to escape and make it back to Czechoslovakia.

The author goes on to describe how, when the war was over and Jews, partisans and returning political prisoners came home, they were greeted less than enthusiastically; she also (something very important to understand) reveals how people came to choose Communism over democracy after the war. Very briefly, several factors came into play -- including the failure of prewar democratic ideals, the forsaking of the country by Western Allies, the liberation of Prague by the USSR, and false glorification of Communism by people who'd spent the war in Russia. But the major belief was that building socialism in Czechoslovakia would result in "peace, in an industrially-advanced country, with an intelligent, well-educated population." But, as she goes on to explain, by the early 1950s these ideals had been largely forgotten and things had decidely turned for the worse.

The bulk of this book is in how Heda survived after her husband's arrest, his official ouster from the Party, and his death. She describes an all-encompassing life under the Communists -- the regime reached down into every aspect of life, controlling seemingly ordinary people through brutality and fear.Her account ends with a brief Prague Spring under 1968 before the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia; she herself left the country shortly afterwards.

I started reading this because of my interest in the author after having read her ; before that, I'd never heard of her. While Under a Cruel Star is a very personal story, it can also be read as an exploration of human nature under the most arduous and extreme conditions. You can read it as an understanding of how the best of idealistic intentions can often result in a nightmare, and it is also reveals how totalitarianism affected everyday, average people who, because of the need to survive in an atmosphere of complete fear, often felt compelled to choose self-interest over the welfare of fellow human beings. I don't often read memoirs but as difficult as this one was to get through at times, I'm very happy I did. Recommended.
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賲賳 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 亘丕 鬲丕乇蹖禺 倬乇丕诏 賳丿丕乇賲鈥� 賵 丕蹖賳 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賴丿丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘乇丕賲 卮讴賴 讴賳賳丿賴 賵 鬲丕夭賴 亘丕卮賴 賵 鬲氐賵乇 賲賳 乇賵 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 倬乇丕诏 亘賴 讴賱蹖 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 亘丿賴鈥�.

讴賵賵丕賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲氐蹖亘鬲 賴丕 賵 噩賳诏 賴乇 乇賵夭賴 丕卮 亘乇丕蹖 夭賳丿賴 賲賵賳丿賳 乇賵 亘丕 趩賳丕賳 賱丨賳 亘蹖 胤乇賮丕賳賴 賵 毓丕乇蹖 丕夭 丨爻 丿賱爻賵夭蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賴 讴賴 賯亘賵賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 賮噩丕蹖毓 亘乇 禺賵丿卮 诏匕卮鬲賴 蹖賴 讴賲 爻禺鬲 賲蹖 卮賴. 賴賲賵賳 胤賵乇 讴賴 鬲氐賵乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 賴丕蹖 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 賵 賮乇丕乇 丕夭賵賳 爻禺鬲賴. 讴爻蹖 讴賴 鬲賲丕賲 丕蹖賳 賴丕 乇賵 丕夭 爻乇 诏匕乇賵賳丿賴貙 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賯丿乇鬲 毓馗蹖賲蹖 乇賵 丿乇 禺賵丿卮 倬乇賵乇卮 亘丿賴. 丕賲丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 賳賴 鬲賳賴丕 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕丿 亘賱讴賴 毓丕卮賯 卮丿貙 賲丕丿乇 卮丿貙 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 爻蹖丕爻蹖 賵 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丕卮 乇賵 丕夭 爻乇 诏乇賮鬲貙 讴丕乇 讴乇丿 賵 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 丿爻鬲 丕夭 噩賳诏蹖丿賳 亘乇賳丿丕卮鬲 賵 賳卮賵賳 丿丕丿 讴賴 丨丿 賵 賲乇夭 丌丿賲蹖夭丕丿 丿乇 鬲丨賲賱 爻禺鬲蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 鬲氐賵乇丕鬲 禺賵丿卮賴. 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳馗乇 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕賱賴丕賲 亘禺卮 賵 賯賵蹖賴.

乇賵丕蹖鬲 讴鬲丕亘 倬丕乇賴 倬丕乇賴 賵 丿乇 亘禺卮 賴丕蹖蹖 賮丕賯丿 丕賳爻噩丕賲 讴丕賮蹖賴. 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 丿乇 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賯丿蹖賲蹖 鬲乇 賲丨賵 賵 诏丕賴丕 賲亘賴賲賴. 丕賲丕 讴賵賵丕賱蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 氐乇賮丕 卮乇丨 卮禺氐蹖 丕賵 丕夭 賵賯丕蹖毓蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丕賵賳 爻丕賱 賴丕 亘乇 禺賵丿卮 诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 賳亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 趩卮賲 蹖賴 丕孬乇 丕丿亘蹖 亘賴卮 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱 丿蹖丿 夭賳丕賳賴 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 賵蹖跇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 禺賵亘卮賴.

賲賲賳賵賳 丕夭 毓賱蹖乇囟丕 讴賴 賳爻禺賴 禺賵丿卮 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘賴賲 賯乇囟 丿丕丿.

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August 7, 2018
Testimonio biogr谩fico. Denuncia pol铆tica. Clase de historia magistral. Esa clase de libro del que aprendes m谩s que con cualquier manual de historia.

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賳氐賮 讴鬲丕亘 丨乇賮丕蹖 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 讴賴 亘丕乇賴丕 卮賳蹖丿蹖賲 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴
賳氐賮 夭賳丿诏蹖 卮禺氐蹖 丿蹖诏卮 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 丿乇丕賵賲丿賴貙 丿乇丿 禺丕賳賲 讴賵丕賱蹖 乇賵 賲蹖卮賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿
丿乇賵丿 禺丿丕賵賳丿 亘乇卮賲丕 禺丕賳賲 賴丿丕 讴賵丕賱蹖 毓夭蹖夭
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鈥溬呝� 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 丿賵乇丕賳 賳蹖夭 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿賲 丕蹖賳 賲蹖賱 亘賴 賯乇亘丕賳蹖 讴乇丿賳 禺賵蹖卮 亘蹖賳賴丕蹖鬲 禺胤乇賳丕讴 丕爻鬲.
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March 3, 2016
2/17/16: Removing a reference to an author/adding one that's more relevant + cleaning up this garbage. It's unfair to take an accusatory tone with someone who can't defend herself because she's too busy being dead. It's especially unfair when you've read her book 4+ times. Updating now.
(Excuse all the mixing of tenses that follow--reworking this review for 4th time since 2007).

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This memoir provides a glimpse into of the life of a woman who survived two of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century: the Holocaust and Communism.

The first time I read this book, I loved it beyond words. Yet something always tugged at me a little, something I couldn't articulate until I read it a few more times.

Revised 2/17/16 For me, the memoir would have worked better if Kovaly had given a fuller picture of her life during the early days of Communist Czechoslovakia. If she'd described any of the positive aspects of living under Communism, the 20-something reader/critic/cynic in me would have been silenced.

My takeaway eventually became this: nothing could ever justify what happened to Kovaly at the hands of the Nazis and the Communists. But in a book by someone who consistently applauds truth, Kovaly is silent about one very important truth: not everyone in postwar Czechoslovakia joined the Communist party, and many of them paid dearly for it.

But Kovaly did join the party. She was part of and benefited from an undemocratic system of government until it turned against her. Kovaly focuses more on the turning-against-her aspect, and the younger me wasn't having it. At the time, I wanted a fuller explanation from the author, perhaps an admission of the level of comfort in which she lived as the wife of a prominent party member.

Seems almost rational when I pull the anger out of it, doesn't it?

However.

Reading my review in 2016 was shocking, because I saw what I was really doing. The events that took place in the memoir are historical fact--they were never up for debate in my mind. But instead of accepting Kovaly's retelling of those events, I fixated on missing details that I felt could have strengthened her story. I took the absence of such details to be an indication of something more sinister.

All these years later, those suspicions seem a lot like faulting the author for not being perfect enough. Why would she need to further explain herself to anyone? The woman wasn't a war criminal (she and her family were the victims of war criminals), and I question the value of scrutinizing her memoir as if it were written by one.

So, read this memoir. It's touching. It's frighteningly detached, but at times will surprise you with flashes of emotion. Enjoy Kovaly's lovely metaphors and creative language. Learn something about the history of Europe while you're at it.

And if you need more truth than what Kovaly has to offer, as I once did, you've got some things to work with.

There's an excellent paper that addresses some of the aspects I also struggled with when I read the memoir -- it's written by a professor in New Mexico, and if I remember correctly, you have to email her to get a copy of it.

Or, you can read . He's Heda Kovlay's son, and he provides his own account of what he and his family endured.

I would only caution more curious readers not to lose sight of the bigger picture. Researching the details doesn't change the core facts of Kovaly's story. Nor does it change the fundamental reality of her memoir: Kovaly suffered, yet she went on to create something of beauty.

I wish we all could do that. It would be a different world if we did.

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May 9, 2021
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July 25, 2023
Un testimonio conmovedor y a la vez escalofriante, que emociona y enfada al mismo tiempo en menos de 200 p谩g al detallar la vida en Praga desde la deportaci贸n de jud铆os en 1941 hasta los horrores del Fascismo y comunismo que sufri贸 Checoslovaquia.
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En realidad la Segunda Guerra Mundial son las primeras 50 p谩ginas de este libro con la deportaci贸n a los guetos y a Auschwitz, nuestra protagonista, mientras la trasladan logra escapar hacia Praga.
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Y ah铆 empieza tambi茅n el horror de vivir escondida, y como cuando llega a Praga el estado lo controla todo 鈥�
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No quiero contar mucho m谩s pero es un libro muy completo y muy duro, donde he aprendido otra parte de la historia, donde la autora deja claro que los totalitarismos destruyen鈥�
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Libro recomendado para los amantes de la novela hist贸rica, y que me ha sorprendido mucho.
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