Escaping Extermination: Hungarian Prodigy to American Musician, Feminist, and Activist

Written shortly after the close of World War II, Escaping Extermination tells the poignant story of war, survival, and rebirth for a young, already acclaimed, Jewish Hungarian concert pianist, Agi Jambor. From the hell that was the siege of Budapest to a fresh start in America. Agi Jambor describes how she and her husband escaped the extermination of Hungary’s Jews through a combination of luck and wit.

As a child prodigy studying with the great musicians of Budapest and Berlin before the...