Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America

There was some sort of brittleness, some fear that she and her story wouldn't be taken as seriously as she needed it to be taken, when she was a guest on the show, which I find understandable after having read the book. Her parents were heroic in their arrogance, seeming rather American in their certainty that, because they weren't doing anything illegal, they would be safe from persecution, though it was that attitude that assured their arrests. Horrifying system of internal repression, with everyone informing on everyone else - the Hungarian enemy was within, as opposed to the North Korean enemy - so destructive to a society. Happily, the Americans in this story acted well, both in their official capacities and as generous and good-hearted people, offering the best kind of alternative to communism.

An excellent book by Kati Marton, another must read about the Holocaust and WWII. Marton has an even possessing way of writing, making this a book one doesn't want to put down.