ISBN: 9780890968239

Faced with fascism, communism, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Csaba Teglas responded with ingenuity and hope. In Budapest Exit, he tells the story of his twenty-year quest for freedom… More...

Faced with fascism, communism, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Csaba Teglas responded with ingenuity and hope. In Budapest Exit, he tells the story of his twenty-year quest for freedom.Teglas rummaged the scrap heap of World War II for anything he could sell to get food money for his family. The income from selling bits of rubber and ball bearings was often the family's only sustenance.Before the communists solidified their rule, Teglas obtained admission to the Technical University of Budapest, where he earned a degree despite constant interference in the university by the communists. The following years under the Stalinist dictatorship were the harshest, and Teglas and his family and friends lived in constant fear; some were even subjected to communist jails and torture chambers. Teglas protested, sometimes quietly, sometimes more vocally, against the Soviet and communist presence in Hungary. During the 1956 revolution, he became more involved in the opposition. When it became clear that the revolutionaries would not succeed, he knew he had to leave. Teglas recounts his dramatic escape through the heavily guarded Iron Curtain and his subsequent journey to North America, where life as an immigrant presented new challenges.This memoir is Csaba Teglas's personal story of his youth, told from the point of view of a man with sons of his own. He found in America the freedom for which he had been searching, but he has raised his American sons to remain proud of their Hungarian heritage. Media ><

1998, ISBN: 0890968233

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780890968239], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Texas A&M University Press], AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEMOIR HUNGARIAN AMERICANS HUNGARY WORLD WAR II COMMUNISM, Biography & Autobiography|G… More...

[EAN: 9780890968239], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Texas A&M University Press], AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEMOIR HUNGARIAN AMERICANS HUNGARY WORLD WAR II COMMUNISM, Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Historical, History|Europe|Austria & Hungary, History|Military|World War II, Political Science|General, Political Science|Political Ideologies|Communism & Socialism, Jacket, Book and DJ have very light shelfwear, couple tiny faint soil marks to page ends; DJ has small light crease to spine; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 162 pages<

1998, ISBN: 0890968233

[EAN: 9780890968239], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Texas A&M University Press], Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.

1998, ISBN: 9780890968239

Hardcover book. 176 pages. Published by Texas A&M University Press (1998) Media >