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Robert Sandy
SBS2  |  January 20, 2010

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11-12
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After surviving the war as a Hungarian Jew. Robert Sandy established a flourishing grocery business in Budapest. But in February 1949, the Russians confiscated the business and he was forced to flee to Austria. He was smuggled across the border by Russian soldiers only to be arrested as a spy and taken to Vienna.

After surviving the war as a Hungarian Jew. Robert Sandy established a flourishing grocery business in Budapest. But in February 1949, the Russians confiscated the business and he was forced to flee to Austria. He was smuggled across the border by Russian soldiers only to be arrested as a spy and taken to Vienna.

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