Love and Survival in Budapest: The Memoir of Artur Renyi (The Karnac Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071SHZN1P |
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| Number of Pages | : | 199 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is a love letter from father to son and tells of one family's courage, compassion, and integrity during a time when all hell was breaking loose around them.. This unique work documents the fate of Hungarian Jews in Budapest long before, during and after the Nazi regime. It is most of all an intimate tale of a family written after World War II, when things changed dramatically in Eastern Europe. This work was translated by the author's granddaughter and great granddaughter, and edited by Dr Alexander's granddaughter. The memoir is written in the form of a diary and chronicles the life of Artur, a linguist and engineer, and his wife, Borbala Alexander, a photographer who just happens to be the younger sister of the eminent psychoanalyst Franz Alexander, the founder of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. It covers the years 1921 through to 1948. This book was written by Artur Renyi in the late 1940s as a memoir and gift to his only child, Dr Alfred Renyi, noted Hungarian mathematician and the father of probability theory. Artur Renyi writes compellingly and grippingly about fascism in Hungary and the persecutory laws against Jews, life in pre-World War II Budapest, the air strikes on Budapest, and details what happe
Sensitively introduced by Ilonka Venier Alexander, stylishly translated by members of Renyi’s family, and superbly contextualised by Professor Judit Mészarós, Love and Survival in Budapest: The Memoir of Artur Renyi has the capacity to touch our hearts and to break our hearts in equal measure." (Professor Brett Kahr, Consultant Psychotherapist at The Balint Consultancy in London, Trustee of the Freud Museum, and Senior Fellow at Tavistock Relationships, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology)"This finely observed and moving book documents not only a crucial period in European history but is also a memoir of loveand struggle in impossible times. Global politics today make its publication al
Ilonka Venier Alexander is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist with 30 years' experience in the field of mental health. For years, her area of specialization was adults with a severe and persistent mental illness. She is enjoying family life and her grandchildren. She considers all personal, family, and community roots, as well as intercultural aspects, very important.Zsuzsanna