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The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. (My Story)







Table of contents



(Please note, this ToC and the numbers refer to the page numbers in my forthcoming book, if I ever manage to publish it, I also hope to get it translated back into Hungarian language.
I lived in New Zealand for nearly forty years, although when I am visiting Hungary, I can get back speaking just like the locals very quickly, but living and being immersed in a English speaking country my literary Hungarian just flies out of the window.
Now, I have to wait until some kind person, bilingual, of course, comes along and do the right thing and translates it back to Hungarian, after all it is a Hungarian story.)




A brief introduction and links to other articles and works. (net only)

Dedication..............................................................................2

Index - (Table of Contents).....................................................3

Author's notes .......................................................................7

Foreword ..............................................................................8

Chapter 1 - 1956 ...................................................................16

Chapter 2 - The Revolution ....................................................24

Chapter 3 - We are free!........................................................41

Chapter 4 - The Soviets return with a vengeance.....................45

Chapter 5 - Escape to freedom...............................................66

Chapter 6 - On the way to New Zealand.................................105

Chapter 7 - New Zealand .....................................................116

Appendix 1 - Some statistics of the Revolution........................137

Appendix 2 - Some statistics of the Emigration........................140

Appendix 3 - Some of the Correspondences...........................142

Links - Recommended reading .............................................146




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