They left their homes with only the essentials: a single suitcase to set out with. All other valuables that proved difficult to move or unnecessary for survival...
Mari Klein is a bilingual writer and literary translator, publishing in both English and Hungarian. She holds degrees in liberal arts and literary translation, and has participated in an Irish Poetry Translators Masterclass. Her literary translations have been published in 1749, HLO, KULTer and SZIFOnline; her short stories have appeared in Asymptote Journal and Új Forrás, and one is forthcoming in Another Chicago Magazine. She is currently working on her first novel. She lives in Budapest, Hungary. Her instagram is @selfkatalog