According to Soros, 1944 was the formative year of his life. The Nazis invaded Hungary and immediately began deporting Jews. To save his family, his father, Tivadar Soros, a lawyer, obtained false identities for George, who was then 13, and his older brother, Paul.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/magazine/george-soros-democrat-open-society.html
https://youtu.be/QSyczwuTQfo
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