László Nagy - A Cold War Hungarian Life (52)

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Ian Sanders

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🗓️ 2 March 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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László Nagy was one of the early members of the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1987. The HDF became Hungary’s largest political party following first free elections in 1990. In this episode we hear the story of his parent’s life in 1950’s Hungary and László’s early life including how he ended up at school with the son of West Germany’s President. Before we start I’d like to ask you to by leaving a review in Itunes or with your favourite podcast provider. It really helps us get new guests on the show. If you’d like to assist us further with the costs of running the show, then click here to learn more. Thank you so much to all our fans that are supporting us – it is really appreciated! Now back to today’s episode. We start with László describing his father’s experiences at the end of World War 2. Can't wait for the next episode? Visit our discussion group here Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
0:11.0	We were here in the radio, and in the news it came that Stalin died.
0:15.5	The radio said, what a pity and what will be with us without Stalin.
0:20.0	And at the end of the news, my father said, one communist less.
0:26.8	Welcome to Cold War Conversations.
0:33.0	Good evening. The stunning overthrow of Mikhail Gorbachev by communist hardliners dominates the news this Monday.
0:39.3	Gorbachev was reported under house arrest as Soviet tanks took up positions throughout Moscow.
0:44.3	10, 7, 7, 7, 1, 6, 6, 9, 8, eight, eight, three.
0:59.5	Poland's military leader, General Yaroselsky urged the Polish people tonight not to demonstrate on Tuesday,
1:05.6	the second anniversary of the founding of the banned trade union solidarity.
1:12.3	And I'm here to host this final program from the German Democratic Republic.
1:18.5	Laslo Naj was one of the early members of the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1987.
1:26.3	The HDF became Hungary's largest political party following the first
1:31.2	free elections in Hungary in 1990. In this episode, we hear the story of Laslo's parents' life in
1:39.9	1950s Hungary and Laszlo's early life, including how he ended up at school with the son of
1:47.1	West Germany's president. Before we start, I'd like to ask you to leave a review in iTunes
1:53.7	or with your favourite podcast provider. It really does help us get new guests on the show
1:59.4	and spread the word. If you'd like to assist us
2:02.9	further with the costs of running the show, then head over to cold warconversations.com and
2:09.5	click on the support the podcast menu option to learn more. Thank you so much to all our fans
2:16.6	that are supporting us financially. It is really
2:19.7	appreciated. Now, back to today's episode, we start with Laslo describing his father's experiences
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