THE EUROPEANIST. A Novel Inspired by the life and sacrifice of Hilda Monte, born Hilde Meisel - Ugo Giuliani

In the final days of the Second World War, a young woman lies wounded in the forests near the Austrian-Swiss border. Her real name is Hilde Meisel. On her passport, she is someone else entirely: Eva Schneider.

She is only thirty years old, but she has already lived many lives.

Born into a Jewish family in Berlin, Hilde grows up in a Europe that is collapsing into hatred, nationalism, and violence. Brilliant, restless, and politically awake from a young age, she refuses to remain silent while democracy is destroyed around her. Exile takes her from Germany to England, from intellectual circles to dangerous clandestine work, from hope to sacrifice.

Inspired by true events, The Europeanist is a historical novel about resistance, identity, courage, and the dream of a united Europe before that dream had a name. Through the life of Hilde Meisel, also known as Hilda Monte, Ugo Giuliani tells the story of a woman who fought not only against Nazism, but against the idea that Europe should belong to borders, hatred, and fear.

This is the story of a woman who carried many names, crossed many frontiers, and gave everything for a future she would never see.