Showing Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 by Heda Kovaly

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)