Under a Cruel Star Review

Under a Cruel Star Huda is a strong women that we meet She has to overcome a great deal of challenges that show how strong she is. One of the first challenges that she has to overcome is the challenge of being in a concentration camp. This is not an easy task to overcome. People that live in these camps do not usually come out alive. She not in a major known camp, but still she was forced to be in a camp. Most people that go to one are forced into hard labor, or they are killed. It is not an easy task to know that there is a possibility that you could die. When she escaped, they were Czechoslovakian so no one wanted to help. This is another struggle Huda had to overcome. People know that if they helped her that they would be killed if the Nazis found out. People would not risk their life to help save another. There was someone eventually that helped her and gave her a place to stay. This kind man helped her get on her feet and hid her from the Nazis. Later in her life, she met the love of her life. His name was Rudolf. He was a childhood friend of Huda. She met him in the camp and found him after they escaped. Together they had child, Ivan. Rudolf later in his life was asked to be a part of the Communist party, which he joined. This was a great chance for him and he took it. But there was an unexpected problem that they had run into. Rudolf was accused of being a spy. He was set to trail. This would be known was the Rudolf Slánský trial. He was convicted of this and sentenced to death. This was a great challenege that Huda now had to face. She had to tell her son why his dad was sent to trial. She also had to deal with people not looking at her since she was considered to be a communist. This was a tragic event that happened to her and she overcame it. The Prague spring helped her forget about it and she had a new sense of feeling. When she has an inner problem, she finds a way to get through it and move on. The struggles from the