Description
Book SynopsisIn the spring of 1944, nearly 500,000 Jews were deported from the Hungarian countryside and killed in Auschwitz. In Budapest, only 150,000 Jews survived both the German occupation and dictatorship of the Hungarian National Socialists, who took power in October 1944. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth’s family belonged among the survivors. This memoir begins with the the author’s childhood during the Holocaust in Hungary. It captures life after the war’s end in Communist-ruled Hungary and continues with her and her husband’s flight to Germany and eventually the United States. Ozsváth’s poignant story of survival, friendship, and love provides readers with a rare glimpse of an extraordinary journey.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Spring Meeting
- 2. Promise of the Night
- 3. Encountering Pista
- 4. In the Garden
- 5. The First Visit
- 6. The Rise of Terror
- 7. Fear
- 8. Hunger
- 9. The Wedding
- 10. Shadows and Light
- 11. The Railed Cot
- 12. Quiet Happiness
- 13. Under Terror
- 14. Living for the Moment
- 15. Playmates
- 16. Dangerous Winds
- 17. Deportations
- 18. A Decision
- 19. Voyage to the East
- 20. New Circumstances
- 21. Across the Border
- 22. New Life
- 23. Waiting for a Miracle
- 24. Hamburg
- 25. First Steps
- 26. Crisis
- 27. Major Changes
- 28. New Life
- 29. A Terrible Event
- 30. Becoming Parents
- 31. Pleasure and Grief
- 32. At Home
- 33. Teaching and Fulfillment
- 34. Past and Present
- 35. Threats
- 36. The Crush of the World
- 37. Life with and without Pista
