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The Foreign Ministry declared the English-language presentation of *The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart* to be of ministerial interest

March 18, 2026
The novel, written by Ruperto Long, tells four stories, one of which is about the life of Charlotte de Grünberg (president of Universidad ORT Uruguay 1977 to 2024), an eight-year-old Belgian girl who flees Nazism with her family and endures many hardships.

The girl who watches the trains leave

The book, recently published in English, will be launched in the United States between April 10 and 17. In Washington, D.C., events will be held at B’nai B’rith International and the Uruguayan Embassy; while in New York, they will take place at The New School for Social Research.

View the ministerial statement of interest