Showing Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 by Heda Kovaly
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An extraordinarily powerful memoir, describing the authors imprisonment by the Nazis during WWII and her persecution by the communists in the 1950s - a classic account of life under totalitarianism. Puts the urgencies of our times and ourselves into stark perspective, making us confront the darker realities of human nature. (bio)