The Biggest Hole in the Iron Curtain

by Levente Batizy

Overview

The Batizy family was Eastern European nobility during the thirteenth to twentieth centuries and continued to lead comfortable lives even as the importance of aristocracy faded. Then, the unimaginable happened. These centuries of happy, committed citizenship would all seemingly fade away in an instant as communism took over. Driven from their home after the 1956 Hungarian revolution against communist rule failed, the Batizys found themselves starting over, seeking and creating a new dream: the American dream.

The Biggest Hole in the Iron Curtain: The Batizy Story is Levente Batizy's sweeping yet intimate immigration story. Starting with the story of the Batizy patriarch, the architect of the family's great escape, and following the sacrifices that the Batizy's mother and stepmother made during the resettlement, The Biggest Hole in the Iron Curtain also includes recollections from Batizy and his thirteen siblings following the fiftieth anniversary of the revolt.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161357460
Publisher:	Outskirts Press, Inc.
Publication date:	06/22/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Levente G. Batizy, fifth oldest out of fourteen children, tells the story from his perspective. He is only ten years of age when he’s torn from his birth mother and grandmother to escape with his family from their native land during the 1956 Hungarian Communist revolution. The blended family finally arrives in America and begins the momentous adjustments and trials that will eventually yield success. Then, fifty years later, celebrate with Levente as he and his son return to Budapest to celebrate Hungary’s freedom.