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RazorbackExpat

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5. I once knew a Hungarian refugee and his wife

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 04:20 AM

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They had escaped from Hungary when the Russian tanks started rolling down the streets in 1956. Quite a lovely couple. But the wife died on the same day as the Japanese tsunami, and the husband died a couple of years later of a broken heart. I'm sure they would hate the direction Hungary has taken in the Orban era

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