Hani (Helenka) Kraus was five years old when Slovakia became a client state of Nazi Germany and eleven when it was liberated by the Red Army. In her memoirs, she recalls the gripping story of her family intertwined with the fate of the entire community. She describes the family’s escape from the Nazis and the Guardsmen of the Slovakian Fascist regime, and their miraculous survival in hiding thanks to the assistance of their Slovak rescuers. More than once, the Krauses narrowly escaped capture and deportation. When Hani, her brother Benjamin and their parents returned to Nitra, they had to le...
