Eva Szekely's guest appearances

Eva Szekely

Sporting Witness

Unknown Passage

Wayne Gretzky

John Daly

Anthony Bourdain

Mary Celeste

Ben Johnson

John Martin

Ibtihaj Muhammad

Jackie Robinson

Billy Mills

Ashley Fiolek

Amy Bradley

Emil Zatopek

Alison Hargreaves

Learie Constantine

David Steele

OwlTail

World War 2 Hungary. Jewish swimming prodigy Eva Szekely dreams of competing for her country at the Olympics, but the deportation of Jews across Europe leaves her fighting to live. Eva goes on to become a successful international swimmer, and her inspiring survival story closed its final chapter when Eva died this year at the age of 92. Theme music: ⁣Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com⁣Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)⁣https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

World War 2 Hungary. Jewish swimming prodigy Eva Szekely dreams of competing for her country at the Olympics, but the deportation of Jews across Europe leaves her fighting to live. Eva goes on to become a successful international swimmer, and her inspiring survival story closed its final chapter when Eva died this year at the age of 92. Theme music: ⁣ Undertow by Scott Buckley | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley⁣</a> Music promoted by <a href="https://www.free-stock-music.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.free-stock-music.com</a>⁣ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)⁣ <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

Episode 41: Eva Szekely - Hungarian Jewish Olympian Who Survived The Holocaust 

During World War Two, the Hungarian swimmer, Eva Szekely, was saved from the Holocaust because of her father's quick thinking and her own talent for swimming. Eva Szekely would go on to break six world records and become an Olympic gold medallist at the 1952 Helsinki games.  She died in February 2020. Louise Hidalgo tells her story using archive interviews with Eva Szekely held at the USC Shoah Foundation in the United States.Picture: Eva Szekely on her way to victory at the 1952 Olympics (Credit: Empics/PA)

During World War Two, the Hungarian swimmer, Eva Szekely, was saved from the Holocaust because of her father's quick thinking and her own talent for swimming. Eva Szekely would go on to break six world records and become an Olympic gold medallist at the 1952 Helsinki games. She died in February 2020. Louise Hidalgo tells her story using archive interviews with Eva Szekely held at the USC Shoah Foundation in the United States. Picture: Eva Szekely on her way to victory at the 1952 Olympics (Credit: Empics/PA)

The remarkable life of Eva Szekely