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Cantina Book ClubEpisode 68 - Linda Ambrus Broenniman: The Politzer SagaIn this podcast interview Megan welcomes Linda Ambrus Broenniman to talk about her book, The Politzer Saga, available now. She talks about sorting through generations of family history for her book.
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Cantina Book Club Book Review: https://cantinabookclub.com/review/the-politzer-saga-by-linda-ambrus-broenniman/
Website: https://politzersaga.com/
Link to Purchase: https://politzersaga.com/book/
2025-01-2957 min
The Bookshop at the End of the InternetBookshop Interview with Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman, Episode #228 Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman discusses her new book, The Politzer Saga. Linda wanted to learn about her family history but never intended to write a book about it—until she learned the truth. At the age of twenty-seven, Linda found out that her father was Jewish, after being told her whole life that he was Catholic, like herself and the rest of her family. When Linda began her research, she uncovered the world of the Politzers—a cast of characters so amazing they seemed almost fictional. Linda uncovered eight generations of Politzers and learned a great deal about family, heri...2025-01-1533 min
The Stuph File Program#0804: Stefanie Powers; Linda Ambrus Broenniman; & Marc HartzmanThe Stuph File Program
Featuring actress Stefanie Powers; Linda Ambrus Broenniman, author of The Politzer Saga; & Marc Hartzman, author of We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History Of UFO's And Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears And Fantasies
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Actress Stefanie Powers, best known from shows like Hart To Hart & The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., and also the fine work that's being done by The William Holden Wildlife Foundation.
Linda Ambrus Broenniman, author of The Politzer Saga, about the secret her late Father took to his grave.
Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the author of We Are Not...2025-01-1258 min
In Conversation with Terry ShepherdLinda Broenniman - The Politzer SagaLinda Ambrus Broenniman discovered a stunning family secret at age 60. The girl who grew up Catholic learned her family was Jewish. What happened next became a fascinating story worth reading.2024-12-1122 min
It May Interest You To Know...Episode 120 - Author Linda BroennimanAuthor Linda Broenniman joins the podcast to talk about her book The Politzer Saga. A housefire in 2011. A box survives. Its contents became the catalyst for a quest whose seeds were planted in 1983 – the day Linda Ambrus Broenniman learned that her Catholic father was Jewish and what little family history she knew was a lie. Searching for truth, Linda pieced together the astonishing story of eight generations of her Jewish ancestors — the Politzer family — their remarkable lives lost to her father’s secrets.
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2024-11-2200 min
The Thought Snob Podcast with Paula SwopeLinda Broenniman - A Real Life Depiction of Divine Intervention
Imagine being raised Catholic only to learn that your father was hiding his Jewish heritage (going back eight generations to Budapest). Linda Ambrus Broenniman's father intended to carry this family secret to his grave, but the Divine had other plans. Linda sat down with Paula and told how her family's hidden Jewish heritage was revealed through a chain of rare circumstances and an accumulation of tiny miracles. After finding a box containing her father's harbored secrets, she went on quite a journey to discover the truth about her family, and she put it all down in a book, The Politzer...2024-10-0140 min
Cover To CoverLinda Ambrus Broenniman - Family Secrets found after a house fireLinda grew up in Buffalo, New York. She is the middle child of seven born to Hungarian physicians who survived World War II and started their new life in the U.S. in 1949.
Linda graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in psychology and went on to get an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. Several years after graduation, she left mainstream corporate America to follow her path as an entrepreneur. She let her passion for uncovering hidden potential in unexpected places guide her.
And she allowed this passion to fuel the search for her hidden family.2024-09-2129 min
Forward From 50 showLinda Ambrus Broenniman describes uncovering a life-changing family secret in Episode 070Of all the lessons Linda learned in uncovering her family history, the need for sharing these type of stories is essential.2024-08-0132 min
Ira's Everything BagelNoshing With Linda Ambrus Broenniman – July 11, 2024Author, The Politzer Saga
This week, Ira spoke with Linda Ambrus Broenniman, author of The Politzer Saga. In this researched episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Linda talks about the story of the box with documents that survived a house fire and led to finding out her Catholic father was Jewish ; her quest going back eight generations; why the documents were written in Hungarian; finding the right person to help her, which turned out to be Andras Gyekiczki a Hungarian sociologist and lawyer; being surprised at what she found; why she had never intended to write a book; ho...2024-07-1127 min
The Politzer Saga: Linda Ambrus BroennimanDespite the many upsides of age, a long life means that we boomers have witnessed to a number of shocking and socially inequitable events Yet, some of the most appalling circumstances have taken place over generations and many of us know little about these painful truths.
Our guest, Linda Ambrus Broennniman, has written a moving and personal account of her family’s experiences as Jews living during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her remarkable story begins with a box that survived a housefire and its contents disclosed a long-held family secret. Her book is both fascinating and deeply emotional. It’s called The...2024-06-2718 min
Beyond The Manuscript PodcastTrauma, Healing, and Discovering Family (Ep. 28 W/ Linda Ambrus Broenniman)
This week's episode is going to be a little different. This week, my guest Linda Broenniman shares her incredible true story of discovering her family's past out of the ashes of a terrible house fire and traveling the world to find answers she thought were long gone. Join us in uncovering the past on this week's episode of Beyond The Manuscript.
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https://politzersaga.com/
Buy Your Copy on Amazon:https://a.co/d/eUb65Lu
2024-06-1124 min
Harvey Brownstone Interviews...Harvey Brownstone Interviews Linda Ambrus Broenniman, Author, “The Politzer Saga”Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Linda Ambrus Broenniman, Author, “The Politzer Saga” About Harvey's guest: Today’s guest, Linda Ambrus Broenniman, has quite a fascinating and important story to tell. She and her 6 siblings were raised by her parents, Julian and Clare Ambrus, who were highly respected doctors in Buffalo, New York. Although she and her siblings were given very few details of her family history, she knew that her parents had immigrated to America from Hungary in 1949, and her paternal grandmother came from Hungary to live wit...2024-05-2832 min
Stories in Our RootsExploring Hungarian Roots | Linda BroennimanLinda Broenniman knew little about her Hungarian heritage until a surprising revelation at the age of 27 changed everything. Discovering her Jewish roots and the heroic actions of her family members during the holocaust became a turning point in her quest to delve deeper into her family's past.With warmth and authenticity, Linda reflects on the personal transformations that occurred as she delved into her family history, emphasizing the power of understanding one's roots and the blessings that can be derived from preserving and celebrating ancestral legacies. She encourages listeners to ask questions and pursue their family heritage...2024-04-2425 min
HeadRoom with Dr. Rod BergerUnveiling the Politzer Saga with Linda Ambrus Broenniman on HeadRoomWelcome back to HeadRoom, a sanctuary for the curious mind and a canvas for thought-provoking stories, with your host, Dr. Rod Berger. Today's episode bridges the past with the present as we delve into the compelling narrative crafted by Linda Ambrus Broenniman in her book "The Politzer Saga." In this conversation, Linda peels back the layers of a family secret Jewish ancestry hidden by immigrant parents in Buffalo, New York, a secret unveiled by the embers of a house fire. We're set to explore themes of identity, lineage's importance, and history's enduring echoes.As...2024-04-0951 min
In Conversation… with Frank SchaefferIt Has to Be Read. • The Politzer Saga by Linda Ambrus BroennimanFrank Schaeffer In Conversation with Linda Ambrus Broenniman, author of The Politzer Saga, my “It Has to Be Read.” Book Club Special Selection commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2024._____LINKShttps://politzersaga.comBOOKThe Politzer Sagahttps://bit.ly/42RmxUJ_____Linda grew up in Buffalo, New York. She is the middle child of seven born to Hungarian physicians who survived World War II and started their new life in the U.S. in 1949.Linda graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in psychology and went...2024-02-231h 04