The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World by Marton, Kati; Robert Capa; Andre Kertesz - 2006

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New hardcover with a tap to one tip in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Marton brings to life an unknown chapter of World War II: the tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest's brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West and changed the world. The author shows how their separate lives and careers were all shaped by Budapest's lively cafe life before the darkness closed in. Marton follows the lives of four history-changing scientists who helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer (Edward Teller, John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner); two major movie myth-makers (Michael Curtiz and Alexander Korda); two immortal photographers (Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz); and one seminal writer (Arthur Koestler). Text by Kati Marton. 288 pages; 16 pages of b&w photos; 6.2 x 9.2 inches.