Eva Heyman’s Diary

The diary of the Hungarian "Anne Frank" is published for the first time in Russian.The pages of the diary cover six months of Eva's life, starting from February 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary and then her hometown of Nadvarod,... and ending in May 1944, on the day when Eva, along with her grandparents, was taken to Auschwitz.In October of the same year, Eva attempted to escape from the camp and hide in a barrack. She was found by Josef Mengele, also known as the "Angel of Death." According to eyewitness accounts, he personally shoved the girl into a truck heading to the crematorium. On October 17, 1944, Eva's life was cut short.After the publication of the diary, Eva's mother, Agnes Zholt, committed suicide.