Great wartime story in UPON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944. This 213 page hardback by Aranka Siegal was published in 1981. From the DJ we read, "Nine-year-old Piri often visited her grandmother' farm in the Ukraine. But in 1939 war broke out along the border and Piri could not return home to Beregszasz, Hungary. When, over year later, she did return, Piri found many things changed. Her stepfather had been called back into the army and her mother ran the household. Piri's friends were distant, and eventually Piri was forbidden to attend public school. Food was available with ration coupons, but it was hard to obtain, especially for Jews after a curfew was imposed on them. Then the police took her sister Lilli away and not one could find out what happened to her. Yet, in spite of all this, life went on in Piri's household even after the Germans took over Beregszasz. Jews now had to wear the star of David pinned to their clothes, and soon they were herded into a ghetto, and could take with them only what they could carry. Throughout, Piri's family is kept together by her mother's determination and seemingly endless resourcefulness-until that final moment when they are boarded on trains destined for a 'work camp' called Auschwitz. Aranka Siegal vividly recalls her childhood in Hungary. how she and her family were able to survive for the five years from the first moment she heard Hitler's name to the day they were moved from the Beregszasz prison." Nice story in the vein of Corrie ten Boom in this ex-library copy in acceptable condition. Card pocket glue residue on front blank page. Stamp and markings on back of title page. Nice clean text. Plastic cover on DJ. Small spot of staining on inside top back board and adjacent blank page. Shipping and handling 4.60 Media Mail to US destinations. Canadian residents 20.75 First Class mail. All others welcome but extra postage required and shipped entirely at your risk.