Upon the Head of the Goat
1981 children's autobiography by Aranka Siegal
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Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939–1944 is a 1981 children's memoir by Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Aranka Siegal.[1][2][3] It follows the author as a young girl, Piri Davidowitz, (the name 'Piri' comes from the Yiddish name Siegal's grandmother used to call her by, 'Perele') a Hungarian Jew growing up during the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's occupation of Hungary. The title comes from the Book of Leviticus and the story of the scapegoat.[1] The book earned a Newbery Honor in 1982.[4] the title, Upon the Head of the Goat, comes from the Biblical passage, Leviticus 16, which Siegal came across while looking up the definition of "scapegoat".
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| Author | Aranka Siegal |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature / Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Farrar |
| Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | United States |
