Helen Epstein

Heda Kovály

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.

A Life in Prague, 1941-1968

Under a Cruel Star

The author, a Jew born in Czechoslovakia, recounts her imprisonment in and escape from Auschwitz, her participation in the Prague uprising, and the death of her husband under Stalin

Na Vlastní Kůži

Heda Kovaly

Erazim V. Kohák

Two Czechoslovakian activists recall the events that led to the creation of the Social Democratic Party and culminated in the crushing occupation of their country by Russian troops in 1968

Heda Kovály

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