Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
Between the Lines

Between the Lines : The Diary of Margit Kassai

By Margit Kassai

The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs

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A Jewish woman’s diary of survival during the Nazi occupation of Budapest and the Soviet siege of the city.

When the Nazis invade Budapest in 1944, Margit Kassai begins to document her life in a diary in the form of a letter to her husband, who has been sent to do forced labor. With wry self- deprecation, dark humor and an incredible attention to detail, Margit describes the persecution of Jews and how she feels working in children’s homes and living under a false identity. Even as bombs fall around her, she braves the streets to find food for the children in her care, writing unflinchingly of the suffering she endures and her determination to see her husband again.

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Publication Date: January 21, 2025

Product Format: Paperback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 978-1-998880-16-4

Weight: 200

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About the Author

Margit Kassai

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. 

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