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As Franz's family grows, so do the dangers in Europe.
Thank you for listening to Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz Czeisler. For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.
The Wiener Holocaust Library: The Iron Guard
Pogrom in Bucharest Synagogue, Romania, January 1941 - Yad Vashem
The Bucharest Slaughterhouse
Axis Powers in WW11 - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hungarian Expansion - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hungarian policemen and soldiers standing over murdered Jews in Novi-Sad, Yugoslavia, 23 January 1942 - Yad Vashem
Novi Sad in modern-day Serbia - Britannica
The New York Times, 9 Nov. 1936
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First part finale: Soviet occupation creates new and different dangers for Franz and his family as his state of mind moves from survival to escape.
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“Buying Romania’s Jews” - The Washington Post
The Ransom of the Jews: The...
Published 09/21/24
As Nazi Germany occupies Hungary and begins deporting Jewish communities, Franz must do everything he can to protect his family.
NOTE: Audio will soon be updated to "Buchenwald will be liberated [in] just three months" rather than "one month" to reflect greater accuracy.
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Published 09/07/24