The Choice

granddaughter named after, 144
Hungarian Jewish background of, 19 –20
husband’s forced labor camp imprisonment and, 22 –23
loss and death of, during war, 36 , 41 , 62 , 64 , 80 , 81 , 106 , 160 , 205 , 269
marriage of, 13 , 158 , 265
memory of last moment together, in line at Auschwitz, 11 , 35 , 61 , 229 , 231
mother’s death during childhood of, 13 , 15 , 205 , 265 , 266
portrait of mother of, 15 , 52 , 266 , 267
postwar recovery and memories of, 69 , 75 , 88 , 97
practicality and hope of, 29 –30, 106 –7
soldiers’ removal of family from their apartment and, 29 –30, 31 , 75
train transport to Auschwitz and, 33 –34
warning about Germany ignored by, 26 –27
Elefánt, Klara (sister). See Korda, Klara
Elefánt, Lajos (father)
arrival at Auschwitz and, 34 –35
calling on memories of, during concentration camp experiences, 38 , 42 , 43 , 57 , 66 , 68
decision not to flee Hungary by, 27
Edith’s childhood memories of, 13 –14, 17 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 25 , 27
forced labor camp imprisonment of, 22 –23
German occupation of Hungary and, 20 –21, 22
goodbye letter to Klara from, 33 , 86 –87
Hungarian Jewish background of, 19 –20
loss and death of, during war, 80
love of sweets by, 13 , 66 , 68 , 69
Magda’s learning of tailoring skills from, 140
separation from children at Auschwitz, 35
soldiers’ removal of family from their apartment and, 29 , 31 , 75
train transport to and arrival at Auschwitz and, 33 , 34 –35
warning about Germany ignored by, 26 –27
World War I service of, 21
Elefánt, Magda (sister). See Gilbert, Magda Elefánt
Elefánt. Matilda (aunt). See Spitzer, Matilda
Ellis, Albert, 170 , 171 , 172 , 173
El Paso, Texas
daily family life rituals in, 151 –52
Edith’s teaching career in, 164 , 165 –66, 169
Eger family’s move to, 145 –47
Laci Gladstein’s (later Larry Goldstone) move to, 96 , 106 , 147
third child born in, 149
Engle, Lindsey, 190