Summary of Emily Tamkin's The Influence of Soros

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#1 George Soros was born in Hungary in 1930. His family changed their name to Soros to avoid antisemitism. In the 1940s, they hid out under a false Christian identity.

#2 When World War I ended, Hungary was on the losing side. In 1918, a revolution led by Count Mihály Károlyi brought about the First Hungarian Republic. The republic was short-lived. Károlyi struggled with land reform and a rising and discontented political left.

#3 The Hungarian Soviet Republic was followed by the Treaty of Trianon, which formally ended the First World War between the Allies and Hungary. Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the new kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes carved up the independent Kingdom of Hungary that resulted from the treaty.

#4 In 1934, the family name of Tivadar Soros changed to Schwartz, as Jewish people in Hungary were not allowed to use their names. In 1936, the Nazis engineered the murder of the chancellor of Austria, Engelbert Dollfuss, and in 1936, the swastika flew over the Olympics in Berlin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822552678

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#1

George Soros was born in Hungary in 1930. His family changed their name to Soros to avoid antisemitism. In the 1940s, they hid out under a false Christian identity.

#2

When World War I ended, Hungary was on the losing side. In 1918, a revolution led by Count Mihály Károlyi brought about the First Hungarian Republic. The republic was short-lived. Károlyi struggled with land reform and a rising and discontented political left.

#3

The Hungarian Soviet Republic was followed by the Treaty of Trianon, which formally ended the First World War between the Allies and Hungary. Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the new kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes carved up the independent Kingdom of Hungary that resulted from the treaty.

#4

In 1934, the family name of Tivadar Soros changed to Schwartz, as Jewish people in Hungary were not allowed to use their names. In 1936, the Nazis engineered the murder of the chancellor of Austria, Engelbert Dollfuss, and in 1936, the swastika flew over the Olympics in Berlin.

#5

The Soros family lived in Budapest, Hungary, with Tivadar working as a lawyer. In 1944, Nazi Germans took over Hungary, and George was 13 years old. His father made plans to get his wife and children to America, but Erzebet insisted that the family stay together.

#6

Soros had a sense of intellectual curiosity about the Germans, and he understood the importance of action. He began