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Unearthing Hungarian Heroism and Discovering Jewish Roots

JL;DR SUMMARY Linda Ambrus Broenniman's discovery of her Jewish ancestry began with a box of family photos and documents, revealing a lineage intertwined with Hungarian Jewish history and Holocaust heroism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Righteous Among The NationsFamily HistoryJewish RootsHungarian JewryArtists4israelHolocaust HeroismSynagogue ExhibitionBuffalo MuralLinda Ambrus Broenniman

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Budapest, Hungary
"Her parents were young medical school students in Budapest and engaged to be married when the Nazis occupied Hungary."
Buffalo, New York, United States
"When Linda Ambrus Broenniman opened the battered cardboard box she had received from her sister, it started her years-long research into her Jewish roots."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Broenniman only discovered her mothers heroism in 2006 when Clara was honored as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem."

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