Between the Lines
The Diary of Margit Kassai
Published on 21. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-998880-16-4 (ISBN)
Description
Margit Kassai writes a diary detailing to her husband her year living in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944, through the Nazi invasion of Hungary, the rise of the Arrow Cross and the siege of the city by the Soviet army. Margit survives working in children's homes, scrounging for food and narrowly avoiding death and deportation of Jews.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-998880-16-4 (9781998880164)
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Persons
Margit Kassai (1909-2000) was born in Budapest, Hungary. She and her husband, György Tolnai, left Hungary for France in 1946, where they had a daughter. In 1948, Margit immigrated to Toronto, Canada. She worked in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Toronto.