This text traces the evolution of Communism in post-war Hungary. It identifies the distinctive features of the Jewish community and describes the relationship of the Communist authorities and the Jewish leadership, pinpointing the difficulties of Jewish students in all walks of life. The second part of the book contains the recollections of 17 people, all Holocaust survivors, who faced the threat of Communism in Hungary. These contributors managed to preserve freedom of speech and action, as well as their Jewish self-awareness, in the darkest years of Stalinist Communism in Hungary.
- ISBN10 0880333847
- ISBN13 9780880333849
- Publish Date 1 November 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 January 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Columbia University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 234
- Language English