The Choice

Vietnam veterans in treatment, 177 –78, 216 , 224 –25
William Beaumont Army Medical Center work and, 176 –77, 179 , 201
Eger, George, 98 , 101 , 133 –34, 137 , 143 , 145
Eger, John “Johnny” (son)
birth of, 149
childhood of, 165 , 167
college graduation of, 179
Edith’s support for, 152 –53, 154 , 155 , 162
parents’ divorce and, 157 , 163
Eger, Marianne (daughter), 176
arrival in New York City by, 129 , 131
birth of, 107 –8
childhood in Baltimore of, 136 –38
family life in El Paso and, 146 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 154
father’s arrest by Communists and, 115 , 117 –18
father’s escape from prison and train trip out of Czechoslovakia and, 118 –21
Hanukkah party attendance by, 136 –37
infancy pneumonia of, 109 –10
marriage and family of, 176 , 190
mother’s adult relationship with, 167 , 176
mother’s early teaching relationship with, 116 –17
mother’s later return to Auschwitz and, 203 –4, 221 , 222
mother’s survivor past and, 151 –52, 153 –54, 166
mother’s trip to Berchtesgaden and, 203 , 204
move to El Paso and, 145 , 146 , 148 , 149
naming of, 108
refuge stay in Vienna and, 122 , 123 , 124 , 125
sister’s birth and, 144
Eichmann, Adolf, 207
Elefánt, Ilona (mother)
advice on marriage from, 91
calling on memories of, during concentration camp experiences, 42 , 43 , 45 , 52 –53, 63 , 66
daughters’ separation from, upon arrival at Auschwitz, 35 –36, 37
decision not to flee Hungary by, 27
Edith’s childhood memories of, 12 –13, 17 –18, 19 –20, 22 , 25 –26, 62 , 106 –7, 148
Edith’s divorce and experiences of, 158
Edith’s immigration papers for America and thoughts about, 122 , 124
Edith’s later life and memories of separation from, 175 , 229 –31
Edith’s later return to Auschwitz and memories of, 221 , 229 –32
German occupation of Hungary and, 20 –21, 22
goodbye letter to Klara from, 33 , 86 –87