Born
Budapest, Hungary, 1942
In 1942, Andy was born in Budapest, Hungary to a Jewish mother and father.
His father was murdered by the Nazis. Once Hungary was under Nazi control, it seemed Andy’s family was destined for extermination in Auschwitz. But he along with his mother and grandmother narrowly avoided a forced train ride out of the city. Instead, they suffered near starvation in the Jewish ghettos of Budapest.