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Vera and the Ambassador is both a compelling portrait of a U.S. embassy in a post-Cold War former Soviet satellite and a personal story of a refugee’s escape and triumphant return.
The Blinken OSA Archivum at Central European University (CEU) is named after Vera and Donald Blinken in recognition of their tireless public service and unwavering devotion to higher education, art and the democratization process in the United States and in Hungary.
Blinken Open Society Archives (abbreviated as Blinken OSA) is an archival repository and laboratory that aims to explore new ways of assessing, contextualizing, presenting, and making use of archival documents both in a professional and a consciously activist way.
19 juil. 2019 · Vera Blinken was born in Budapest, survived WWII, then escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to the US as a refugee. Read her story of hope, perseverance, and love of one’s chosen country.
Blinken was married to Judith Frehm from 1958 until their divorce in 1971, and then married Vera Ermer in 1975. Vera was a Holocaust survivor in Hungary during World War II; in 2009, the couple published a memoir about her escape from Communist Hungary and their time back in Hungary during his term as the U.S. Ambassador. [30]
“Vera and Donald Blinken are the ultimate power couple whose wise and witty understanding of our world should be required reading for everyone in public service. This is also a love story—love of country, love for each other—that will inspire generations to come.”
19 févr. 2009 · Both a behind-the-scenes peek at the operations of a U.S. embassy in a post–Cold War former Soviet satellite and a personal story of a refugee’s escape and triumphant return, Vera and Donald...
