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How My Grandmother Won WWII

  • How My Grandmother Won WWII Trailer

    24 JAN 2021 · A granddaughter’s journey to discover the truth about her Hungarian Jewish grandmother’s covert work for the British Special Operations during WWII.
    1m 35s
  • Episode 1, Highly Confidential

    27 JAN 2021 · A document reveals that my Jewish grandmother potentially worked for British Special Operations from inside fascist Hungary during WWII. My grandmother’s remarkable Holocaust survival story includes a firsthand account of passing information to the British with her brother, Zoltan. My mom reveals that my grandmother had an affair with a renown British explorer, Eric Shipton. Could this also be their British contact? Co-Producer Vicki Vergolina. Go to Patreon.com/HowMyGrandmotherWonWWII for free transcript of episode.
    29m 8s
  • Episode 2, Love During Wartime

    3 FEB 2021 · We investigate my grandmother's wartime affair with renown mountaineer, Eric Shipton. Women at war, love, marriage, friendship, and liberation are also discussed.
    25m 8s
  • Episode 3, Zoltan

    10 FEB 2021 · My grandmother's brother, Zoltan, is the key to understanding her past. Zoltan's wartime journals reveal both the horrors of the Holocaust as well as his ambition- he is a visionary. W.H. Auden, Orson Welles and Doc Edgerton also weigh in.
    25m 11s
  • Episode 4, The Post Office and How They Did It.

    17 FEB 2021 · We examine the inner workings of the post office during 1930s and 40s Hungary. Why Isabelle kept her secrets is revealed. Khrushchev examines a light bulb.
    27m 57s
  • Episode 5, Olga and the Truth about America

    24 FEB 2021 · The youngest sibling's (Olga) story is revealed and it answers a big question about Isabelle and Zoltan's past. The history of US immigration policy is examined, as is US involvement in WWII. Enid dances.
    28m 17s
  • Episode 6, London Calling

    3 MAR 2021 · Enid and Vicki travel to the National Archive in London to corroborate their findings. So much more is revealed.
    32m 53s

What does it look like when fascism turns your country upside down? How do you fight bigotry and hatred when hopelessness and apathy have set in? How does individual action...

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What does it look like when fascism turns your country upside down?

How do you fight bigotry and hatred when hopelessness and apathy have set in?

How does individual action make a difference in the quest for equality and freedom?

And what is so important about the post office?

These are not questions about modern day America, these are questions we investigate about 1940s Hungary.

Join us every Wednesday for this 6-part series.

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Subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/HowMyGrandmotherWonWWII for free show transcripts and for premium series extras.

Contact at: howmygrandmotherwonwwii@gmail.com

For more information on creators, film, television and upcoming events go to: http://www.EnidZentelis.com
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