Reply #19: Kati Marton "The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World"

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On Sunday, March 11 at 9:35 am
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2006 Texas Book Festival: Kati Marton "The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World"

In an interview from the Texas Book Festival, Kati Marton discusses her book "The Great Escape," which tells the stories of nine men who left Budapest, Hungary, because of growing anti-Semitism in the years leading up to World War II. The nine men include four scientists (Edward Teller, John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner), two movie-makers (Michael Curtiz and Alexander Korda), two photographers (Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz), and one writer (Arthur Koestler).

Kati Marton is a former correspondent for NPR and ABC News. Her other books include "Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History," "Wallenberg," "The Polk Conspiracy," "A Death in Jerusalem," and "An American Woman." She is married to Richard Holbrooke.