The Girl from Újhely: An Untold Story of the Hungarian Holocaust by Philip Schlaeger

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Inspired by actual events in the Hungarian Holocaust of 1944-45, The Girl from Ujhely centers on Essie Silberglade, a fictional Holocaust survivor, whose chilling memoir is discovered by her grandson upon her death. Essie retells that nightmarish time when she was a teen-aged girl. The horror begins on her sixteenth birthday when Adolf Eichmann marches into Budapest. This book is a warning of what can happen when people demonize those who are different from them.
Year first published: 2025