The Founders:
Andrea von Finckenstein
Our publishing house was founded in the summer of 2025 by Andrea von Finckenstein. Born in Hungary, she feels a deep connection to her homeland – a country where meaningful and valuable stories have their roots, stories that matter within the broader European context and deserve to be read. Andrea has spent most of her career in the media industry, gaining many years of experience at media companies such as Axel Springer Publishing and at the international media conglomerate Bertelsmann. She is responsible for working with our authors as well as for building and nurturing the partnerships that support the publishing house in production, distribution, PR, and marketing.
Anna Esters
Anna is studying Business Psychology. During her bachelor’s degree with a focus on Brand Marketing, she explored how to bring buzz around brands. At Wahrheitsperlen Publishing, she is the face behind our social media presence – always on the lookout for creative ideas to make our books visible and spark excitement for reading. With a fine sense for trends and target audiences, Anna makes sure our books are discovered and get the attention they deserve.
The story behind:
The founding vision
Hungarian literature has little stage in the German-speaking world. Large publishers often overlook it – we do not. Our publishing house was born of the desire to provide Hungarian authors with an independent platform. We publish contemporary Hungarian literature – fiction and non-fiction – in carfully crafted translations, giving visiblity to voices that might go unheard.
With care, passion and an eye for quality, we bring works to German readers that create connections between cultures, eras and people.
On the need for this publishing house
Common themes
Hungarian literature – whether narrative or analytical – opens a window to other social realities, makes historical connections visible and shows how comparable challenges have been addressed elsewhere. We are convinced: there is much to learn from other cultures and other times. Now, more than ever, we need publishers who make such voices heard – independently, responsibly and with a keen sense for issues of our time.
Themes such as populism, culture of rememberance, the handling of guilt and questions of conscience are at the heart of our focus. They touch not only on Hungary’s history and present, but are also of pressing relevance to other countries. Literature offers the opportunity to recognise these parallels and through other perspectives, gain new insights.
