Franz returns to a Europe that looks very different than the one he left behind. 

For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.

“Henry Coston Obituary” the Independent, 27 August 2001

Le Libre Parole headlines

Le Libre Parole - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Franz returns to a Europe that looks very different than the one he left behind. 
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For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.
<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/henry-coston-5366724.html">“Henry Coston Obituary” the Independent, 27 August 2001</a>
<a href="https://www.alexautographs.com/auction-lot/le-libre-parole-and-other-anti-semitic-french-p_85E43669F4">Le Libre Parole headlines</a>
<a href="https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn538832">Le Libre Parole</a> - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The captivating true story about a man who used his illusions to survive and escape Nazi occupied Europe only to become one of the Greatest Showmen the world had ever seen.

The captivating true story about a man who used his illusions to survive and escape Nazi occupied Europe only to become one of the Greatest Showmen the world had ever seen.

Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz Czeisler

Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz Czeisler.



Produced by: Joey Gurwin at Oranjudio.

Written By: Sarah Hume and Joey Gurwin

Presented By:Sarah Hume 

Special thanks: Wessler Media.

Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz Czeisler.
 
Produced by: <a href="https://www.oranjudio.com/">Joey Gurwin at Oranjudio.</a>
Written By: Sarah Hume and Joey Gurwin
Presented By:Sarah Hume 
Special thanks: <a href="https://www.wesslermedia.com/">Wessler Media.</a>

Everyone Has Their Act

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. 

For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.

“Buying Romania’s Jews” - The Washington Post

The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinary Secret Bargain Between Romania and Israel

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. 
<hr>
For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1990/01/14/buying-romanias-jews/6b7fe6eb-7fd6-4d0a-9264-92f008926cd9/">“Buying Romania’s Jews” - The Washington Post</a>
<a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538140741/The-Ransom-of-the-Jews-The-Story-of-the-Extraordinary-Secret-Bargain-Between-Romania-and-Israel-Second-Edition">The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinary Secret Bargain Between Romania and Israel </a>

Act One Ends

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.

For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.

Yellow Star Houses

One House in Budapest, 1944-1945: A Personal History by Professor Árpád von Klimó

Yellow Star Houses and Signs - Photographs

Yellow Star Houses - “No Jews Live Here”

Deportations in Hungary

Deportations, Protective Passports, and Underground Movements - Yad Vashem

The Security Police (SiPo) - USHMM

Budapest - USHMM

Budapest Deportations - Yad Vashem

Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Fred Wander, The Seventh Wall

Liberation of Ohrdruf and Buchenwald - USHMM

Evolution of Hungarian World News Intro 1938-1944 (Magyar Világhíradó)

“Judenfrei” - The Holocaust Explained

“Judenfrei” Map and the Einsatzgruppen - USHMM

The Siege of Budapest

The Siege of Budapest Map

The Siege of Budapest - UCLA Asia Pacific Center 

The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 31 March 1944 - Hungarian Jews Herded by Gestapo - Newspapers.com

Buffalo Jewish Review (Buffalo, New York) 23 June 1944 - Hungary Adopts Nazi Anti-Jewish Policy - Newspapers.com

Flossenburg

https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/history/flossenbuerg

Flossenburg Subcamp System - Project Muse

Flossenburg - USHMM

As Nazi Germany occupies Hungary and begins deporting Jewish communities, Franz must do everything he can to protect his family.
<hr>
NOTE: Audio will soon be updated to "Buchenwald will be liberated [in] just three months" rather than "one month" to reflect greater accuracy.
<hr>
For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.
Yellow Star Houses
<a href="https://history.catholic.edu/news-events/2021/08/one-house-in-budapest,-1944-1945.html">One House in Budapest, 1944-1945: A Personal History by Professor Árpád von Klimó</a>
<a href="https://www.yellowstarhouses.org/#overlay=historical_background/photos">Yellow Star Houses and Signs - Photographs</a>
<a href="https://www.yellowstarhouses.org/#overlay=historical_background/decrees">Yellow Star Houses - “No Jews Live Here”</a>
Deportations in Hungary
<a href="https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206089.pdf">Deportations, Protective Passports, and Underground Movements - Yad Vashem</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-security-police-sipo">The Security Police (SiPo) - USHMM</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/budapest">Budapest - USHMM</a>
<a href="https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206089.pdf">Budapest Deportations - Yad Vashem</a>
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Fred Wander, The Seventh Wall
<a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/liberation-of-ohrdruf">Liberation of Ohrdruf and Buchenwald - USHMM</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Esp6ikwDc">Evolution of Hungarian World News Intro 1938-1944 (Magyar Világhíradó)</a>
<a href="https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/judenfrei/">“Judenfrei” - The Holocaust Explained</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/artifact/map-titled-jewish-executions-carried-out-by-einsatzgruppen-a">“Judenfrei” Map and the Einsatzgruppen - USHMM</a>
The Siege of Budapest
<a href="https://visualisations.ehri-project.eu/neatline/show/arrowcrossmassacres1">The Siege of Budapest Map</a>
<a href="https://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article/3793">The Siege of Budapest - UCLA Asia Pacific Center </a>
The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 31 March 1944 - Hungarian Jews Herded by Gestapo - Newspapers.com
Buffalo Jewish Review (Buffalo, New York) 23 June 1944 - Hungary Adopts Nazi Anti-Jewish Policy - Newspapers.com
Flossenburg
<a href="https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/history/flossenbuerg">https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/history/flossenbuerg</a>
<a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/oa_monograph/chapter/3209403">Flossenburg Subcamp System - Project Muse</a>
<a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/flossenbuerg">Flossenburg - USHMM</a>

The Yellow Star

Following the events of Novi Sad, Franz struggles to find safety for him and his family. As the dangers in Europe continue to grow, the stakes grow with them. 

For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.

Remembering Cold Days: The 1942 Massacre of Novi Sad and Hungarian Politics and Society, 1942-1989, Arpad von Klimo

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

Novi Sad Massacre

Sandor Kepiro

Following the events of Novi Sad, Franz struggles to find safety for him and his family. As the dangers in Europe continue to grow, the stakes grow with them. 
<hr>
For more information about this episode, please see the sources below.
<a href="https://upittpress.org/books/9780822965459/">Remembering Cold Days: The 1942 Massacre of Novi Sad and Hungarian Politics and Society, 1942-1989, Arpad von Klimo</a>
<a href="https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/this-month/january/1942-3.html">Hungarian policemen and soldiers standing over murdered Jews in Novi-Sad, Yugoslavia, 23 January 1942 - Yad Vashem</a>
<a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Novi-Sad">Novi Sad in modern-day Serbia - Britannica</a> 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1936/11/09/archives/200000-rumanians-in-a-fascist-parade-antisemitic-pronazi-character.html">The New York Times, 9 Nov. 1936</a>
<a href="https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/this-month/january/1942-3.html#:~:text=In%20early%20January%201942%2C%20these,wild%20and%20committed%20numerous%20atrocities.">Novi Sad Massacre</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/world/europe/19hungary.html">Sandor Kepiro</a>

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