How My Grandmother Won WWIIhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/how-my-grandmother-won-wwii
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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For more information on creators, film, television and upcoming events go to: http://www.EnidZentelis.com]]>enHistoryCopyright Enid Zentelishttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/628fa59491369f3a9d4f742da068fd09.jpgHow My Grandmother Won WWIIhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/how-my-grandmother-won-wwiiSun, 03 Mar 2024 15:14:51 +0000Enid ZentelisEnid Zentelishowmygrandmotherwonwwii@gmail.comA granddaughter’s journey to discover the truth about her Hungarian Jewish grandmother’s covert work for the British Special Operations during WWII.
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.

Please rate, subscribe, like and share.

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]]>falseserialHow My Grandmother Won WWII Trailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-my-grandmother-won-wwii-trailer--43094255https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43094255Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:45:30 +0000Enid ZentelisA granddaughter’s journey to discover the truth about her Hungarian Jewish grandmother’s covert work for the British Special Operations during WWII.96antisemitism,britishspecialops,codes,communism,everest,fascism,femalecreators,history,holocaust,hungary,jewishhistory,memoir,mi6,postoffice,resistance,survivors,trailer,womenspies,writers,wwiifalsefullEpisode 1, Highly Confidentialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-highly-confidential--42761359Operations 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.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42761359Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:00:21 +0000Enid ZentelisA 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...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.]]>1749britishsoe,ericshipton,everest,familyhistory,fascism,femalespy,france,history,holocaust,hungary,jewishhistory,lgbtq,memoir,mystery,postofficehistory,resistance,technology,wallenberg,womenshistory,wwiifalse1fullEpisode 2, Love During Wartimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-love-during-wartime--42817065https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42817065Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:00:15 +0000Enid ZentelisWe investigate my grandmother's wartime affair with renown mountaineer, Eric Shipton. Women at war, love, marriage, friendship, and liberation are also discussed.1509britishspies,corsica,ericshipton,everest,exploration,familyhistory,holocaust,hungary,love,memoir,naturalists,nudists,pierredellafaille,poets,rape,redarmy,relationships,womenshistory,womensrights,wwiifalsefullEpisode 3, Zoltanhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-zoltan--42817096https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42817096Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:00:12 +0000Enid ZentelisMy 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.1512communism,corporations,docedgerton,familyhistory,fascism,history,holocaust,hungary,inventors,mit,nightmail,photography,postmastergeneral,postoffice,resistance,spies,technology,vivitar,whauden,wwiifalsefullEpisode 4, The Post Office and How They Did It.https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-the-post-office-and-how-they-did-it--42817118https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42817118Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:00:16 +0000Enid ZentelisWe 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.1678britishspecialops,communciationshistory,communism,davidgraeber,fascism,holocaust,hungary,jewishhistory,khrushchev,mi6,olympics,postalhistory,resistance,russia,spying,surveillance,susanfaludi,tungsram,wwiifalsefullEpisode 5, Olga and the Truth about Americahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-5-olga-and-the-truth-about-america--42817141https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42817141Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:00:16 +0000Enid ZentelisThe 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.1698allies,budapest,charlottesville,drrebeccaerbelding,ellisisland,eugenics,fascism,fdr,hungary,immigration,israel,japaneseinternment,spies,ssmanhattan,uk,ushistory,usholocaustmemorialmusem,whitesupremacy,womenshistory,wwiifalsefullEpisode 6, London Callinghttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-6-london-calling--42817151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42817151Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:00:10 +0000Enid ZentelisEnid and Vicki travel to the National Archive in London to corroborate their findings. So much more is revealed.1974alliedcontrolcommission,antisemitism,blm,brigadierericmocklerferryman,britishhistory,britishintelligence,communism,ericshipton,femalespies,history,hungary,jewishhistory,mi6,policebrutality,racialjustice,resistance,soe,spies,stalin,wwiifalsefull