Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz CzeislerThe Yellow Star
Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz Czeisler
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 th…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 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 - 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
