The great escape nine Jews who fled Hitler and changed the world
In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed author Kati Marton brings to life an unknown chapter of World War II: the tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest's brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. Th...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster
c2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Acceso a las primeras páginas http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006049162-t.html |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b18823919*spi |
| Sumario: | In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed author Kati Marton brings to life an unknown chapter of World War II: the tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest's brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for individual achievements, were actually part of a unique group who grew up in a time and place that will never come again. It is Marton's extraordinary achievement to trace what for a few dazzling years was common to all of them -- the magic air of Budapest -- and show how their separate lives and careers were, in fact, all shaped by Budapest's lively cafe; life before the darkness closed in. Marton follows the astonishing lives of four history-changing scientists, all just one step ahead of Hitler's terror state, who helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer (Edward Teller, John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner); two major movie myth-makers (Michael Curtiz, who directed Casablanca, and Alexander Korda, who produced The Third Man); two immortal photographers (Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz); and one seminal writer (Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon). |
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| Descripción Física: | 271 p., [16] p. of plates : il., map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780743261159 |
