Devon Wieters sits down with Rob Wolf, MD, a retired neuroradiologist from Detroit and author of the award-winning book Not a Real Enemy: The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man's Fight for Freedom. Rob's parents wrote down his father's story in the 1970s. Years after they died, a historian friend handed Rob the disk it was saved on. He read it the way a radiologist reads a scan, with his dad's autobiography on one side and his own draft on the other, and turned it into a biography, an adventure, and a history of Hungary from the end of World War I to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Rob and Devon talk about the parents his father lost at Auschwitz, why only about 5% of the forced laborers in his area survived, and the team that helped bring the book to life. Rob also explains why he now spends nearly all of his time fighting antisemitism through education, starting at home. To finish, they pick a dream cast for the movie version.
Real conversations. Fascinating people. Real hope.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Preview
00:29 Meet Rob Wolf, MD
02:11 Not a Real Enemy: 4 Escapes, 20 Miracles
03:16 The Missed Train That Saved His Life
04:29 Growing Up Jewish in Hungary
05:28 Forced Labor Camps: Only 5% Survived
07:13 From a Forgotten Disk to a Book
09:32 The Team Behind the Book
11:51 Fighting Antisemitism Today
13:29 Will Antisemitism Ever Go Away?
15:18 Bonhoeffer, Schindler's List and Telling Hard Stories
16:37 Dream Cast for the Movie
19:47 Final Thoughts: Hope and Resilience
20:44 Where to Find Rob Wolf
CONNECT WITH ROB WOLF, MD
Website: https://robertjwolfmd.com
Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/9493276724
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notarealenemy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notarealenemy/
X: https://x.com/robertjwolfmd
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertJWolfMD
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-j-wolf-md/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robertjwolfmd
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/robertjwolfmd.bsky.social
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