Black Vans Taking Neighbours, Secret Catholic Wedding, Refusing to be an Informer

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Stories from Communism

Peter Zaborszky

2 episodes

5 days ago

We share stories about what it's actually like to live in communism, from people who have lived in it, or their families.

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We share stories about what it's actually like to live in communism, from people who have lived in it, or their families.

History

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Black Vans Taking Neighbours, Secret Catholic Wedding, Refusing to be an Informer - Eszter Zaborszky

Stories from Communism

54 minutes 44 seconds

4 years ago

Black Vans Taking Neighbours, Secret Catholic Wedding, Refusing to be an Informer - Eszter Zaborszky

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

Here is the video podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqpLOIfpzA

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