Footnote to History: The Memoirs of a Holocaust Survivor (Hybrid)

Andrew Laszlo was born in 1926 in Papa, Hungary. Growing up in a middle-class family in a small town close to Budapest, life was happy for Andrew and his family. As the Nazis grew in power, Andrew and his family faced growing discrimination and exclusion from society. When the Nazis invaded, his family was relocated to a ghetto. Eventually, Andrew’s entire family was taken away as he was transported to Bergen-Belsen, where Anne Frank was imprisoned at the same time. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, Andrew came to America penniless and made a life for himself as a successful cinematographer, with works such as Shogun, Rambo, First Blood, and The Warriors. He was honored at the U.S. Capitol for the 2004 Days of Remembrance Memorial alongside Elie Wiesel.

His son, Andrew Laszlow, Jr., didn’t learn his father’s story until he was in his forties, when his father presented him with his memoir. Andy continues to teach his father’s incredible story of sorrow, strength, and resilience in his memory. Join us to bear witness and to be inspired by Laszlo’s incredible story.

Copies of Laszlo’s memoir Footnote to History will be available for purchase.

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