Aranka Siegal, author of "Upon the Head of a Goat" and "Grace in the Wilderness," will appear at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center in Hollywood at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18.

"Upon the Head of a Goat" is a powerful account of survival by a Hungarian girl liberated from Bergen-Belsen. At the outbreak of World War II, 9-year-old Piri is visiting her grandmother in the Ukrainian countryside and is unable to return to her family in the Hungarian town of Beregszász.

In "Grace in the Wilderness," Siegal continues her autobiography of the years just after the war. The book opens on the eve of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and recounts Piri's experiences as a patient in a Red Cross hospital, as a student in a Swedish school for refugees, and as the adopted daughter of a loving Christian family in the Swedish countryside.

The event is free, and the center is at 2031 Harrison St.

For more information or to RSVP, call 954-929-5690, ext. 209.