Open AccessReview Article: "A Hungarian Refugee in England and Holland." Pogany, George. 2012. <i>When Even the Poets Were Silent: The Life of a Jewish Hungarian Holocaust Survivor under Nazism and Communism.</i> Afterword by Istvan Pogany. Kenilworth, UK: Brandram, Imprint of Takaway Publishing. 263 pp.; Pogany, George. 2014. <i>Where Is My Home? A Hungarian Refugee in England and Holland.</i> Lexington KY: CreateSpace. 209 pp. Illus.
Author(s) -
Ruth G. Biro
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hungarian cultural studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2471-965X
DOI - 10.5195/ahea.2016.257
Subject(s) - memoir , the holocaust , nazism , communism , george (robot) , refugee , settlement (finance) , judaism , history , holocaust survivors , world war ii , nazi germany , sociology , law , classics , ancient history , art history , politics , political science , archaeology , world wide web , computer science , payment
The personal experiences of individuals who lived through the catastrophes of World War II, the Holocaust and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution have been told in many recent memoirs, greatly expanding our understanding of these historical events. In addition to the experiences of the narrators, the fate of their family members, friends, colleagues and entire communities who were all impacted by these events are also illuminated in these accounts. The two memoirs by George Pogany (b. 1928) cover his life since the early 1930s in Hungary, the Holocaust, communism, his escape to the West in 1956, his settlement in England, resettlement in Holland and his years as an international management consultant in several countries. Few memoirs transmit so vigorously the sweep, resiliency, and duration of the author's life and reflections as in Pogany's exceptionally detailed and insightful twofold memoir