Tihany's Illusion: The Search for Franz Czeisler

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - USHMMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following the events of Novi Sod, Franz struggles to find safety for him and his family. As the dangers in Europe continue to grow, the stakes grow with them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Franz's family grows, so do the dangers in Europe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Franz returns to a Europe that looks very different than the one he left behind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Franz's adventure continues as he learns how to put on a show.... on both sides of the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Great Tihany was one of the most successful Showmen in all of South America. But, How did he get there? Take a peak behind the curtain of the Great Tihany to learn the exciting and often dark history behind the man who used his power of illusion to survive the Holocaust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 is coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.