The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

(My story)

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Erwin Bernhardt

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I dedicate this book to the memory of

Imre Nagy,

Pál Maléter

and all the people

who sacrificed their lives in the splendid struggle

against the 'Moscow Monsters', who kept the

Western, - Free World -

trembling in their boots

for over forty years.

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(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

Hungary index page Top Author's notes

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

(My story)

Erwin Bernhardt

I dedicate this book to the memory of Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and all the people who sacrificed their lives in the splendid struggle against the 'Moscow Monsters', who kept the Western, - Free World - trembling in their boots for over forty years.

Table of contents

I dedicate this book to the memory of

Imre Nagy,

Pál Maléter

and all the people

who sacrificed their lives in the splendid struggle

against the 'Moscow Monsters', who kept the

Western, - Free World -

trembling in their boots

for over forty years.