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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated January 3, 1957 reads, "Win freedom dash - John Gomperz, left, and his family today are in San Fernando Valley preparing to settle down after escape from Budapest through Iron Curtain to Austria. Looking at film projector are, center, Mrs. Marie Gomperz, his mother, and his son by a former marriage, Laszlo. Jeanette Hazai, his fiancee, at right, prepares to splice film. Both Gomperz and his fiancee hope to find jobs in motion picture industry."
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