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Author Kőrösi, Zsuzsanna.

Title Carrying a secret in my heart-- : children of the victims of the reprisals after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 : an oral history / by Zsuzsanna Kőrösi and Adrienne Molnár.

Publication Info. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195).
Contents Revolution -- "Uncertainty was part of our everyday life" -- "My father became increasingly important" -- "Get dressed, you're coming with us!" -- A new world -- "My mother left no stone unturned" -- "Life became extremely difficult" -- "It was good that we could say goodbye" -- "There was dad, in prison clothes" -- Communication within the family -- "At home we talked openly" -- "If something becomes a taboo it is gradually buried" -- "Why did she keep it a secret?" -- "I didn't dare open up" -- Stigmatisation -- "Our family was different" -- "The repression was so strong" -- Society and the family -- "We had to stand our ground" -- "The world was divided into the good and the bad" -- Pressure of duality -- "In my case it was pride" -- "I began to be confused" -- Together again -- "When will he come back?" -- "It was hard for dad to get used to everyday life" -- Turnaround -- "I yearned all my life to find him one day" -- " ... I felt an unbelievable sense of justice" -- "At last I could visit my father's grave" -- "There is no compensation for so much suffering" -- Legacy -- "It was a hard lesson" -- "They weren't afraid to make sacrifices" -- "I have no desire for revenge" -- "The memory must live on" -- "It is a very important legacy."
Summary For a decade now, the authors have been conducting interviews for Hungary's Oral History Archives, with the children of those Hungarians - national heroes, as they are generally seen today - who were imprisoned for their involvement in the 1956 revolution. The vast body of material that has been collected, and is now at the disposal of sociologists, psychologists and others in the academic community, forms the basis of this volume. This is a documentation of memories of the revolt and, more particularly, its aftermath. The virtually spontaneous ten-day uprising exerted a lasting effect on the fates of the families of the more than 20,000 who were imprisoned and 229 executed by the regime in the harsh reprisals that followed the crushing of the revolution (the last of them as late as the early 1960s), with active police surveillance extended to tens of thousands more. This intimidation, and the attendant social and economic devastation that it wrought, bore especially hard on the psyches, upbringing and education, and hence the subsequent opportunities and life courses of the children who grew up within those families. The material is grouped by theme: e.g. the effects on communication within families, changes in social status, how relatives and friends reacted, and what sorts of problems these children encountered in pursuing their studies, in trying to assimilate into society as adults, and in relating to those fathers who did return. In an appendix, the editors present detailed biographies of the people most directly affected, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the fates of those they interviewed. The documentation includes letters that the children wrote to their imprisoned fathers.
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Subject Revolution (Hungary : 1956)
Children of prisoners -- Hungary -- Interviews.
Children of prisoners.
Hungary.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Subject Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Personal narratives.
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Interviews.
Chronological Term 1956
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Interviews.
Added Author Molnár, Adrienne.
Added Title Titokkal a lelkemben éltem. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002040029
Other Form: Print version: Kőrösi, Zsuzsanna. Titokkal a lelkemben éltem. English. Carrying a secret in my heart--. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2003 9639241555 (DLC) 2002014291 (OCoLC)50561571
ISBN 0585458146 (electronic book)
9780585458144 (electronic book)
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615505391X (electronic book)
1281268720
9781281268723
9639241555