Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Eva Unger akaberekerwa muBerlin muna 1932 mumhuri yakapfuma yechiJudha, akasvika muBritain somupoteri muna 1939 naamai vake Irma Unger, uye munun'una wake, Ernst. Mukati meKristallnacht
muna November 1938, baba vake Emil vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa weDachau. Akazosunungurwa pashure pokunge mudzimai wake apa vaNazi chiokomuhomwe chakakura uye akakwanisa kutizira kuEngland kunobatana nemhuri yake muLondon. Vanasekuru navanambuya vaFigs vose vemhuri yacho vakafira mumisasa yevasungwa. Pakupera kweHondo Yenyika II, Figes akayeuka mu"The Observer" muna 1979, "amai vangu vakandipa mapeni mapfumbamwe ndokunditumira kunzvimbo yemitambo yemuno... Ndakagara ndiri ndoga murima ndokuona nhau dzeBelsen". Kwakamupa hope dzakaipa kwamakore akawanda.