Banathy, Imre Laszlo (Oral history)

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Hungarian schoolchild and hotel chef in Hungary and Austria, 1944-1949; civilian in Hungarian People's Republic, 1949-1955; inmate in Budapest Prison, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, 12/1955-10/1956; escaped from Hungarian People's Republic to GB via Austria, 11/1956-3/1957

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REEL 1 Background in Kaposvár and Szeged, Hungary, 1930-1944: family; education; father's military service. Aspects of period as schoolchild and hotel chef in Hungary and Austria, 1944-1949: flight of family from advancing Soviet Army from Hungary to Austria, 1944; decision of family to return to Hungary, 10/1945; death of his father; return to family home at Szeged; Aspects of period as civilian in Hungarian People's Republic, 1949-1955: nationalisation of family home at Szeged; barring of educational opportunities because of background; arrest for resistance activities, 1955; work as hotel chef from 1948; period as conscript in Hungarian People's Army, 1950-1952; social tensions under regime; supply of consumer goods; lack of political freedom; organisation of resistance group and it's contact with Radio Free Europe. REEL 2 Continues: atmosphere of fear created by secret police of State Protection Authority (AVH); obtaining personal file during Uprising, 10/1956; religious worship in Budapest. Aspects of arrest and imprisonment in Budapest Central Prison, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, 12/1955-10/1956: arrest by State Protection Authority (AVH), 21/12/1955; interrogation by State Protection Authority (AVH); character of trial, 5/1956; prison life in Budapest Central Prison; retrial and reduction of sentence, 9/1956; prison work; use of post-sell-by-date food in prison; how news was obtained. REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of period as civilian during Hungarian Uprising in Budapest and Szeged, Hungarian People's Republic, 10/1956-11/1956: initial intimations of Hungarian Uprising inside prison; release by revolutionaries, 31/10/1956; atmosphere in Budapest, 31/10/1956; return to family in Szeged, 31/10/1956; popular support for Hungarian Uprising; hopes placed in Prime Minister Imre Nagy; return of Soviet Army tanks, 11/1956; unreliability of Soviet Army troops long stationed in Hungarian People's Republic. Aspects of escape from Hungarian People's Republic to GB via Austria, 1956-1957: flight from Hungarian People's Republic to Austria, 17/11/1956; help received from railway workers; his plan for crossing into Austria. REEL 4 Continues: crossing border between Hungarian People's Republic and Austria, 27/11/1956; reception in Eisenstadt, Austria, 11/1956; background to gaining entry into GB, 3/1957; employment in London, GB; lack of discrimination against him in GB; attitude to political changes in Hungary since 1989; visits to Hungarian People's Republic and Hungary from 1975.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (association), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Banathy, Imre Laszlo (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1997-05-24
Dimensions: whole: Duration 110, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 17439

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