Stories from Communism
Stories from Communism
Peter Zaborszky
Black Vans Taking Neighbours, Secret Catholic Wedding, Refusing to be an Informer - Eszter Zaborszky
54 minutes Posted May 9, 2021 at 12:15 pm.
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Eszter Zaborszky is a Hungarian who grew up and worked in Soviet Hungary, and later moved to the UK in 1997. She shares many stories about life in Hungary at that time, including:

- Black vans arriving and taking the neighbours at 2am

- Janitors in buildings usually being informers of the party

- What is was like when she was asked to inform on her colleagues

- How children could get parents into trouble for saying the wrong thing

- The difficulty of being a teacher at that time and being religious

- The secret wedding of her parents, who had to do it in secret because they wanted a catholic ceremony


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