The horrors of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and labour camps were just
the beginning of the struggle to survive for the Seiler family. As
Hungarian Jews, they faced persecution of the very worst kind both
from their own government and Nazi Germany. After liberation by the
Soviets at the end of WWII they endured further punishment from the
Stalinist regime concealed behind the Iron Curtain. This memoir is
drawn from a recently re-discovered cache of precious family
letters and exclusive interviews with Marta Seiler, who translated
those letters for the first time. Marta has supplemented the
account with childhood memories and original photos. The narrative
is told through the voices of Marta, her mother Izabella and her
father Lajos on a journey that takes us from 1935 to the present
day. The reader is able to piece together the family's personal
challenges set against the backdrop of international political
conflict. Exploring themes of resilience, identity and inherited
trauma, by the end of the book we learn how Marta rediscovered her
forbidden Jewish identity, found her place within the community and
has moved toward a place of tolerance. In the tradition of oral
history, Marta told her remarkable family story exclusively to
journalist Vanessa Holburn. For Marta it's important we learn the
lessons of the past before they are lost for good.
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