I have just finished reading this moving book which I have had in my bookshelf for so many years and never found the right moment to read. I remember my brother gave it to me. He had bought it at some bookstore in Avenida Corrientes. It tells the story of a Jewish girl who, just like Anne Frank, had to live hidden during war. After being abandonned by her father, she, her mother and her brother had to face famine, violence and fear in a devastated Budapest where being Jewish was no longer safe. After suffering the loss of some members of her family, living in extremely poor conditions and getting false documments, they reach France and, finally, Cuba. It's amazing how the author tells us some painful moments of her childhood with such an extraordinary sense of humor that, according to her words, saved her from insanity. I truly recommended it. It is a vivid chronnicle of those hard, atrocious times humanity suffered. Sadly, Magda was not able to see her memoirs published since she died of a heart attack at age 62 a week before the publication of the book. The title of the book in Spanish is CASTILLOS DE DOLOR, published by EMECE.
