Milena: The Tragic Story of Kafka’s Great Love

A powerful portrait of loss, love, and survival in Nazi Germany.

Kafka’s great love, Milena Jesenská, to whom he wrote his most passionate letters, was a beautiful, politically committed, talented free spirit. At one time Kafka’s translator, she later became a celebrated journalist. Milena took an early stand against Hitler, which she pursued with vigor after the Nazis came to power.