I was married in September of 1956, so I was very much a newlywed when the revolution broke out. Both my husband and I were counted as „enemies of the people”, who were persecuted – in the words of Mátyás Rákosi –…
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The fact that my father was a ’56-er – he escaped Hungary in November of that year, at age 21 – is part and parcel of the story of our family and how we got to the U.S. My mother’s…
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In 1952, Tibor Arany was drafted into the Hungarian military. He later attended the officer training academy in the city of Pécs. On charges of refusing to obey orders and insubordination he was condemned to forced labor in 1953. On…