Take a walk around the neighborhood of the Weisz family in the 7th district of Budapest!
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March 24, 1874 – A Day In Budapest
Let’s find out what was happening on March 24, 1874, from Pesti Napló, the Pest daily newspaper. Who would have thought that this otherwise ordinary day would become famous for the birth of a little boy named Erik Weisz?
Behind the Veil
In 1932, six years after Houdini’s death, the German-language newspaper Magie published the first known reference to Houdini’s Hungarian origin. The original article and an English translation are published on the following pages.
Harry Houdini – Commencement
One should not be surprised that the Editor repeated the same false information.