Holocaust Book Talk: The Politzer Saga with Linda Broenniman
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:00 pm
Held at Maltz Museum
$10 general admission, $5 members
A house fire in 2011. A box survives. Its contents became the catalyst for a quest whose seeds were planted in 1983—the day Linda Ambrus Broenniman learned that her Catholic father was Jewish and that what little family history she knew was a lie. Searching for truth, Linda pieced together the astonishing story of eight generations of her Jewish ancestors—the Politzer family—and their remarkable lives lost to her father’s secrets.
Join the Maltz Museum for an evening with the author of The Politzer Saga, as she tells the story of finding her roots, and honoring the memories of her family. In helping Linda find her family, András Gyekiczki wrote, “I hardly know any non-fiction sagas to better exemplify Hungarian Jewish fate of the past 300 years as this Politzer story. Illuminating the destructive power of hatred, dehumanization, and injustice, this powerful story encompasses issues that still echo today. The Politzer Saga is the subject of an Exhibition at the Rumbach Synagogue, Budapest, Hungary.
