I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary by MARIANNE SZEGEDY-MASZÁK / Publisher: SPIEGEL & GRAU NEW YORK / This is a work of nonfiction / Includes bibliographical references

from etjada

Another book about World War II. Another book that shows the very personal and private effects politics and war bring about. A real story set before and during the Second World War this book gives yet another account of tragedy and survival. It's written in a near objective style, as if it's just...

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This is a straightforward memoir told within its historical context – WWII Hungary. The author reveals her unique family history of Jews and Christians - how they contributed to the economic and political building of Hungary, survived persecution of their Jewish family members, and tried to save ...

from pinklady60

This is the intriguing story of Aladar Szegedy-Maszak, as told by his daughter Marianne. He was an anti-Fascist who began his career in the Hungarian Foreign Service, but during World War II was arrested and sent to the concentration camp at Dachau, leaving behind his family and Hanna, a wealthy ...

from knittingmomof3

I Kiss Your Hands Many Times by Marianne Szegedy-Maszák is an exceptionally well-written and beautiful memoir that will easily draw the reader deep into the complex and at times extraordinarily difficult lives of not only her parents; Hanna and Aladár, but Szegedy-Maszák's family as well as a his...

from lisa-ann

I found this book to be a completely enjoyable read. I admit that the beginning was confusing with so many names and accomplishments The descriptions of her parents relationship as seen through the daughter's eyes was of particular interest to me. It compels even more to listen to my own mother's...