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Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968

by Heda Margolius Kovaly · 1986 · 192 pages

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A memoir of the author who describes the lives caught up in Czechoslovakia's tragic fate under the Nazis. It also illuminates the chaotic life of a nation during the Stalin era.

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Subject
historybiographypolitics
Genre
historical fictionholocaustworld war IIwar and military
Themes
politicshistoryjewish
Setting
holocaustworld war II20th centurycold warczech republic
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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