Book Review
“This Face Behind I Hide” is a historical novel set in 1956 Hungary at the time of the Hungarian Revolution. For twelve days in October 1956, the hope of freedom blossomed in Hungary, only then crushed by Soviet tanks. As the tanks rolled through the streets of Budapest thousands of Hungarians fled, by the end of that short rebellion over two hundred thousand Hungarians had escaped to neighboring Austria. The author, Arpad Gergely and his wife Ilona were two of these Hungarian freedom fighters. The story is about Erika Molnar, a fictional character, not someone who lived at the time, but ...