Born in 1889, Anna Porter's grandfather, Vili Racz, was a patriot and an Olympic athlete, a magician and a lawyer etc.
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Born in 1889, Anna Porter's grandfather, Vili Rácz, was a patriot and an Olympic athlete, a magician and a lawyer, a publisher and a prisoner, a philanderer and a devoted family man. On long walks through the once-grand European capital of Budapest, in confidences whispered in s…
As a child growing up in the once-beautiful city of Budapest, Anna Porter's grandfather told her stories of heroes and strife and survival, some as old as the Carpathian basin, some still holding the sting of recent war and hardship. Some were fanciful, most were true, and all g…
Documents the divisive efforts by Hungarian Rezső Kasztner and a group of Zionist activists to rescue Jewish deportees during World War II, tracing his efforts to aid Schindler, bargains with Eichmann, and assassination in Israel.
A biography of speculator and philanthropist George Soros, focusing on the last decade and the work done by his Open Society Foundations
A biography of speculator and philanthropist George Soros, focusing on the last decade and the work done by his Open Society Foundations.
George Soros is a billionaire and a philanthropist, a social activist who uses his wealth to champion social causes and change the world. With access to Soros and his Open Society Foundations, Anna Porter examines the growth of the man and the organization, the causes he has cha…
A biography of speculator and philanthropist George Soros, focusing on the last decade and the work done by his Open Society Foundations.