Bøger af George Pogany

George Pogany, a Holocaust survivor, returned to Hungary after the War and studied and worked under communism. After the uprising of 1956 he escaped to the West with his wife and four-year-old son and made his way to England. They had to overcome many difficulties in this foreign country yet managed to integrate into local society. George, an industrial chemist, worked for Shell for almost thirty years and describes life at that giant company from personal experience. In 1969 his job was transferred to Holland, and he found enormous differences in the language, food, and customs, as well as in working conditions and morals between the three countries he had lived in. After retirement George taught management skills in a number of countries. He and his wife returned to Hungary as tourists, travelled extensively, and encountered many interesting people from a variety of countries and cultures. Their interactions often led to unusual and funny situations. "Where is my Home?" is the sequel to "When Even the Poets were Silent", George's moving memoir of his early life and of his experiences during the Holocaust.

Some of the darkest episodes of twentieth-century European history come vividly to life in this fascinating memoir. George Pogany beautifully portrays a 1930s childhood in the Hungarian town of Oroshaza and the spread of anti-Semitism. He describes life in the town's Jewish ghetto, his family's journey in a sealed cattle-wagon to Vienna, and their experiences in a forced labour camp there before being liberated by Soviet troops. Returning home to Hungary on foot, Pogany soon finds himself in a country in which freedom has been savagely curtailed. He offers a stark but often humorous account of what daily life was like under Hungary's brand of Stalinism, first as a student and then as an industrial chemist. After Moscow's brutal suppression of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956, Pogany manages to escape one night to the West, right under the noses of the Red Army. "When Even The Poets Were Silent" is a wry and dispassionate account full of surprises and challenges. It is likely to become one of the last eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust.