Watch the full interview on Youtube George Andronie didn’t grow up dreaming of comfort. He grew up learning quotas, lines, and limits—how much bread a family could buy, how often hot water came, how quickly the lights went out. In Budieni, near Târgu Jiu, his… Read More »George Andronie – family, faith, freedom
Name: George DirnuBorn: 1950’sBirth Place: RomaniaOvercome story: After being demoted on flimsy pretexts he had enough. George swam the Danube river to make it to freedom in America. His confidence is not in a country or a Government but in God.Interview: Sept. 2024 Watch video… Read More »George Dirnu – Free under the “Stars and Sky”
Name: Lucy DirnuBorn: 1959Birth Place: RomaniaOvercome story: Four years of insistence and Lucy was not any closer to her dream. She and family thought of a very creative appeal. It paid off and she was allowed to legally immigrate to USA and join her sister. Her fight song is… Read More »Lucy Dirnu – “It is a privilege to serve God”
Memento Park Watch the video on Youtube. Revisionist, whitewashing of history is a practice as old as civilization; it goes as far back as the ancient Egyptians. Not so in Hungary! After the revolution, on October 23, 1989, that overthrew the Communist government, Hungarians collected… Read More »Judit Holp – Memento Park, a Treasure
Video coming soon! It was a journey of discovery that led Michael to become a pilot. A journey filled with challenges, a journey that started almost by accident. His story is one of experimentation, hard work, and perseverance. Today (2025) he has more than 750… Read More »Michael Tet – dare something big!
See Elisabeth’s story on YouTube Brought up as a pastor’s daughter Elisabeth was no stranger to persecutions and discriminations against protestant christians. Still, she had to learn for herself to not be afraid. She had to live with her “shadow” (security operative) watching her and… Read More »Elisabeth Ton
See Iosif’s story on Youtube Saved from being a “chaibur” (rich peasant part of the privileged bourgeoisie) by a epic flood, Iosif moved to the city, next to his future wife, and graduated from college with a degree in philology. Later he got the opportunity… Read More »Iosif Ton
Honoring the victims and survivors by learning from the victims of the other Holocaust.
See Francisc’s story on YouTube Francisc was ten years old when his father, a reformed priest, was deported to Dobrogea. What followed were six years of extreme poverty, uncertainty, and joy. Yes, joy; joy in the middle of the suffering. About his time in the… Read More »Francisc Visky
Watch the video on YouTube! Daniel remembers exactly where he was when he turned fourteen. He was in Austria, in a refugee camp. A kind lady gave him a box of chocolates for his birthday as she wrote his name and birthday on the immigration… Read More »Daniel Tet – “I know where I turned 14…”