Son of two Hungarian Holocaust survivors

Tells the story of how his teenage parents survived, married, and rebuilt their lives.

Also tells the story of his father's cousin Agi Keleti and her amazing will to survive and become an Olympic Champion

Michael Gyory is the son of Hungarian Holocaust survivors. He tells the story of his teenage parents who were sent to concentration camps and slave labor camps during World War II. After surviving the horrors and torture of the war, they returned to Budapest to find that they were all alone. They managed to fall in love, marry, emigrate to America, and have three children. It's a love story that, unfortunately, does not last for their entire lives.

Michael also shares the remarkable story of his father's first cousin, Agi Keleti. It is a story of incredible willpower and perseverance of a young woman who not only survives the Holocaust and outlasts the Communists but eventually goes on to become the greatest female Jewish Olympian champion of all time, winning 10 medals, including 5 gold. Michael presents Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian’s Story of Survival and Triumph accompanied by an exhibit of 6 individual panels that chronicles Agi's incredible life. To learn more, click here.

Michael earned a master’s degree in communication from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. After a brief time in the corporate world, he has been a real estate entrepreneur, building houses, renovating, and developing self-storage facilities. He is a graduate of Safekeeping Stories and as a memoirist he has told his family’s experiences in many schools and civic venues in the New York metro area and across New York State. Michael grew up in the seclusion of Northern Westchester County and now lives in the Rivertowns.

Michael is Vice Chairperson and Chairperson Emeritus of HHREC, and a member of HHREC GenerationsForward, a group of second and third generation individuals sponsored by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center of White Plains, New York.

To download an editable flyer for Michael's presentation about his parents, CLICK HERE

To To download an editable flyer for Michael's presentation about Agi Keleti, CLICK HERE