LIZA'S STORY

How did Liza's Swiss foster parents react to her homesickness? How could a friend in Paris help the family? How much more time was Liza and Gizella allowed to spend together with her mother? Finally, if not for a misunderstanding about the train station in Graz, what other direction could little Elisabeth's life have taken?

This part reveals how Liza got to Switzerland and how school and ice skating on Lake Lucerne went. What was the unexpected turn of events that her host family didn't expect and how did a park ranger save her life?

The word pandemic has obviously taken on a new meaning in recent years. But what was it like to experience something similar at the beginning of the 20th century? We also find out how little Elizabeth listened to the religious lessons, and what were the problems she was particularly indignant about?

Liza is 4 years old when her father ends up on the front line of the First World War. Yet how does the family find out what happened to him? Then, on the brink of total financial collapse, what solution does the mother come up with? And finally, we all remember certain tastes and smells of childhood... What experience will...

The first episode you will learn some interesting facts on Liza"s birth, such as, how many sets of twins preceded Liza in the sibling line and where the last name Szántó is surprisingly originate. The story begins in the Vekerle estate in Budapest at the beginning of the 20th century.