rules of survival at, 41 –43
separation from mother upon arrival at, 35 –36, 37
sharing of bread at, 41 , 64
total number of dead at, 228 –29
train transport with Magda to thread factory work, 48 –49
Australia, Klara’s move to, 105 –6, 121 , 123 , 137
ballet
childhood training in, 16 , 18 , 21 , 37 , 139 , 159 , 187
dancing for life and, 40
Mengele’s viewing of routine from, 39 –41
message about “ecstasy in life” in, 16 , 37 , 159
Baltimore
Béla’s first job in, 137 , 140
Edith’s clothing factory work in, 133 , 135
Edith’s job moves in, 142
Edith’s struggles in adjusting to life in, 134 –35, 136 , 137 –38, 142
first apartment in, 138
lack of job prospects in, 144 , 145
life with Béla’s brother in, 133 –34, 137 –38
Magda’s move to, 142 –43
move to El Paso from, 145
Bartók, Béla, 27
Berchtesgaden, Germany, visit to, 207 –20
arrival at hotel for, 209 –10
background on audience for training during, 207 –8
daughter’s advice on visit to, 203 , 204
Edith’s keynote address during, 211 –12
Edith’s thoughts about her legacy from war experiences and, 205 –6
invitation to address military chaplains at, 201 , 207
train trip to, 208 –9
visit to Hitler’s old residence during, 210 –11, 212
Bricha, 111 –12, 115 , 122 , 123
calamity theory of growth, 173 –74
catatonia, 3 –5, 195
Chamberlain, Neville, 207
Choice Therapy, 173
Communists, in Czechoslovakia
Béla’s arrest by, 115 –19
Béla’s relationship with, 109 , 110 , 111
immigration and need to escape from, 105 , 111 , 117 , 119