Farewell to Prague is a memoir set against the turbulent events of the Nazi era in Germany and World War II England. It is the story of a girl who, at the age of six, witnesses a murder being committed by German Storm Troopers. From that moment, the happy life she has known disintegrates.
Miriam Darvas has written a powerful and moving memoir of her experiences from 1933 to 1947; the story is ultimately uplifting, but with the inevitable tragedy of events in Europe in that period. JQ - The Reader