cam a22 4 4500 599950609 CHVBK 20200930031526.0 200504s2020 xxu |||| 000 0aeng| 2020020350 978-1-55753-984-7 paperback 1-55753-984-7 978-1-55753-985-4 epub 978-1-55753-986-1 pdf (OCoLC)1157613042 (IDSBB)007216787 DLC ger DLC OCLCO BDX OCLCF YDX SzZuIDS BS/BE A164 rda ML417.J317 A3 2020 784.2/62186092 B 780 15 Jambor Agi 1909-1997 (DE-588)1047332639 Verfasser aut Escaping extermination Hungarian prodigy to American musician, feminist, and activist Agi Jambor ; edited by Frances Pinter West Lafayette, Indiana Purdue University Press [2020] xiii, 137 Seiten Illustrationen Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger "Written shortly after the close of World War II, Escaping Extermination tells the poignant story of war, survival, and rebirth for a young, already acclaimed, Jewish Hungarian concert pianist, Agi Jambor. From the hell that was the siege of Budapest to a fresh start in America. Agi Jambor describes how she and her husband escaped the extermination of Hungary's Jews through a combination of luck and wit. As a child prodigy studying with the great musicians of Budapest and Berlin before the war, Agi played piano duets with Albert Einstein and won a prize in the 1937 International Chopin Piano Competition. Trapped with her husband, prominent physicist Imre Patai, after the Nazis overran Holland, they returned to the illusory safety of Hungary just before the roundup of Jews to be sent to Auschwitz was about to begin. Agi participated in the Resistance, often dressed as a prostitute in seductive clothes and heavy makeup, calling herself Maryushka. Under constant threat by the Gestapo and Hungarian collaborators, the couple was forced out of their flat after Agi gave birth to a baby who survived only a few days. They avoided arrest by seeking refuge in dwellings of friendly Hungarians, while knowing betrayal could come at any moment. Facing starvation, they saw the war end while crouching in a cellar with freezing water up to their knees. After moving to America in 1947, Agi made a brilliant new career as a musician, feminist, political activist, professor, and role model for the younger generation. She played for President Harry Truman in the White House, performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and became a recording artist with Capitol Records. Unpublished until now but written in the immediacy of the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, Escaping Extermination is a story of hope, resilience, and even humor in the fight against evil"-- Jambor, Agi 1909-1997 1900-1999 fast Pianists Hungary Biography Jewish musicians Hungary Biography Jews Persecutions Hungary History 20th century Jewish musicians fast Jews Persecutions fast Pianists fast Hungary fast Autobiographies fast Biographies fast History fast Autobiographies lcgft u LS 6 UNG idsbb FY u LS 6 USA idsbb FY u LS 7 JUED idsbb FY u LS 7 EXIL idsbb FY Pinter Frances Herausgeber edt BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 IDSBB A164 A164 MAG PSS A 10610 NELA1642009 / 20200929 Dreier IDSBB 100 1- Jambor Agi 1909-1997 (DE-588)1047332639 Verfasser aut IDSBB 700 1- Pinter Frances Herausgeber edt