In the lush Hungarian countryside where he grew up, Julius Gyula Fabos fully expected to run the family farm one day. But after the communist takeover in 1945, his family, like other hardworking farmers of Hungary, were labeled Kulaks and became more and more persecuted as enemies of society. A series of shocking events followed for the Faboses, including the author and his father's arrest, torture, imprisonment, and confinement in slave labor camps.

In a compelling memoir that details not only his dramatic personal history but also reveals the largely unknown plight of his fellow Kulaks,...

In the lush Hungarian countryside where he grew up, Julius Gyula Fabos fully expected to run the family farm one day. But after the communist takeover in 1945, his family, like other hardworking farmers of Hungary, were labeled Kulaks and became more and more persecuted as enemies of society. A series of shocking events followed for the Faboses, including the author and his father's arrest, torture, imprisonment, and confinement in slave labor camps.

In a compelling memoir that details not only his dramatic personal history but also reveals the largely unknown plight of his fellow Kulaks,...