When the Hungarians revolted against their Russian occupiers in October 1956, their initial success, especially in Budapest, seemed to assure intervention by the West, as Radio Free Europe had almost openly encouraged. But the West abandoned them, their full attention focused on the Suez crisis, and the Soviets brutally crushed the uprising. Young, impetuous 14 year old Elenya Daranyi is embittered by this betrayal. Adding to her fury and despair, an insidious rumor starts not long after her father Geza is appointed to a prominent post in the Communist Government that he is a member of the...
When the Hungarians revolted against their Russian occupiers in October 1956, their initial success, especially in Budapest, seemed to assure interven...
