Lionsclub Thomas Mann Budapest

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Zsuzsa Katona film director and Sándor Söpkéz Managing Director  EastEuroCo

kindly invite you to attend the joint viewing of

„Barter to survive” , – The story of the Weiss family

historical documentary by Zsuzsa Katona and to the exclusive presentation of János Mátyásfalvi (Member of Lions Club Thomas Mann – Budapest) on

 How did Hungarian emigrants from New York and Radda Barnen Child Welfare Organization cooperated to support the displaced Hungarian families during the 1951-1953 years.

 

The event will be held on  Friday, 06 October, 2017 17:00-19:00

Venue:  Premier Kultcafé ( Üllői út 2-4 )

Participation: free of charge

The Weiss family, was one of the most defining family of the Hungarian economy from 1880-1944 period.  Manfred and Berthold established their company in the 1880’s, and moved to Csepel a decade later, which became the stronghold of the Hungarian and European industry. In 1944, everything has changed. The film covers the history of this family, the factory and 3 genius man, Manfréd Weiss, and his sun-in laws Móric Kornfeld and Ferenc Chorin jr. who played a significant social, political and economic role between the 2 wars. The 90 minutes film, will be followed by a presentation. The film is in Hungarian with English subtitle.