TIME OF STORM The Harrowing True Story of a Jewish Christian Woman in Wartime Hungary

by Marianne Fischer

Time of The Harrowing True Story of a Jewish Christian Woman in Wartime Hungary by Marianne Fischer with Gayle Roper

Genres: Biography, Memoir, History, Nonfiction

139 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[W. Boutwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: This book was written by the mother of a school friend and my friend helped with its editing. I was a frequent visitor to her house and she took the photograph that I think is the most iconic for my family life in 1966. I knew OF her story then. I am glad I did not read it until I have gained perhaps a modicum of perspective now.

This slim volume, in less than 140 pages tells the story of Marianne Fischer and her survival in Budapest through the rise of fascism, the horror of friends deportation to work and death camps, the withering of the Jewish community in a country with a long and vital Jewish history (at the start of the war 1 in 4 Hungarians were Jewish), and the flowering of a young woman's faith in Christ. It is not deep in theology nor apologetics. It is however profound in the work-a-day operation of people to do the small things that constitute living as well as the larger concerns as to what comprises faith.

[Yibbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Word of God is very powerful. Marianne accepted Jesus just before the war started. How her faith supported her through the Nazi and Communist regimes is so amazing. A rather short story, very direct.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such an incredible true story about being a jew during world war 2. It shook me real hard, recommended!!

[J.J. Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a story!

[Natasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fast read that left me sad it was done. Good example of someone who survived in hiding in Budapest.