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Published in 1957, this reads as an immediate view of the 1956 Hungarian revolution and flight of refugees. It‘s also completely a 1950s warning against communism. I was very much invested in the stories of these people who fought for and then fled their homeland.

🎧 I listened to the audio (a few hours while disking today) and found it bearable but not great.

#nonfiction #audiobook #FoodAndLit #Hungary
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#two4Tuesday

1) I‘m with @Catsandbooks — stay inside with the AC; it‘s brutally hot out there
2) Many but most recently James Michener. When I learned he volunteered in the 1950s to help Hungarians escape the Soviets and communism, and how it inspired him to learn all he could about the situation, I was so impressed and I learned immense amounts about a country I knew so little about, #Hungary, thanks to #foodandlit

Thanks for the tag!

In the 1950s, Michener volunteered to help refugees cross the Bridge at Andau into Austria escaping communism and the Soviet regime, which was putting down a temporarily successful revolt in Budapest, #Hungary. Horrified by what he saw and heard, he investigated in depth what brought about the revolt and its aftermath. This is a profound indictment of communism. Even though written in the 1950s, and being dated, it reverberates in the news from ⬇️

This is an excellent book about the uprising against communism and the Soviets in 1950s #Hungary. If only the audio weren‘t so blasted awful. DO NOT BUY THE AUDIO version of this book. It is monotonous to the point of robotic. Second worst audio I‘ve ever heard; I bailed the last time one was this bad. But I‘m unable to return the audio. So, I‘ve sped it up as fast as I can listen and have about an hour left. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

I‘ve opted for the tagged book to be my next audiobook. It‘s nonfiction about a Hungarian uprising in 1956 against communism and the Soviet Union. #Hungary #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

P.S. I‘ve listened to the first chapter. The narrator is terrible! I‘m going to try to stick it out because this is a history I‘m unfamiliar with and would like to learn more.

The US and the United Nations said nothing when the Russians rolled in and flattened the Hungarian resistance in 1956.

An amazing an heartbreaking read.

I‘ll finish this one this morning. It‘s a first edition. 😁
#20in4
I got a late start on the ‘thon but still got a couple of hours in. It‘s supposed to be 80F today so there will be outdoor reading! 🙌🙌🙌

This book is about the Hungarian revolution in 1956. There are strong echoes of what‘s happening in Ukraine. Including what Allies are/aren‘t doing to help.

This book makes me alternately horrified, saddened and enraged. As does the world lately. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Quote from Peter Szigeti, a high-ranking, pampered member of the Hungarian communist party on his disillusionment. (After admitting to himself that Hungary was really ruled by the #Russians.)

He helps lead the revolution.

I‘m flitting about with my reading today. Just started this book—how the #Russians crushed Hungarian uprising in 1956. Yowza.

Michener chronicles the brief Hungarian revolution of 1956, the five days of peace, the resulting backlash unleashed on Budapest from the Russians, and the race to freedom from communism in Austria.
I enjoyed learning about Hungary, even though it it was focused on such a horrible time in its history. I even found out that my grandparents took in two Hungarian refugees who were fleeing after the revolution so it hits a little closer to home.

“One aspect of the Hungarian revolution that must‘ve caused much consternation in Soviet Russia was the fact that it was the young men, whom communism had favored most, who most savagely turned against it.”