The great escape : nine Jews who fled Hitler and changed the world /

"Journalist Marton brings to life an unknown chapter of World War II: the tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest's brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for i...

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Autor principal: Marton, Kati
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
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504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 245-254) e índice. 
505 0 |a Magic in their pockets -- Plenty -- Harvest at twilight -- Darkness -- False dawn. 
520 |a "Journalist Marton brings to life an unknown chapter of World War II: the tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest's brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for individual achievements, were actually part of a unique group who grew up in a time and place that will never come again, shaped by Budapest's lively café life before the darkness closed in. She follows the lives of four history-changing scientists who helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer (Edward Teller, John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner); two major filmmakers (Michael Curtiz, who directed Casablanca, and Alexander Korda, who produced The Third Man); two immortal photographers (Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz); and one seminal writer (Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon)." --Descripción del editor. 
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