Knock in the Night

Balazs Szabo

LULU Press, Jun 30, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 280 pages

Government secret police with machine guns are ordered to fire into a crowd. Men, woman, and children are slaughtered at the nation's Parliament...Fifty years ago, the world held its breath as a nation rose up against tyranny and terror. The event was the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, when a small nation dared to challenge their Sovet oppressors. Though a bloody defeat, the uprising revealed to the world the true nature of communism, which rules by terror.World-renowned artist Balazs Szabo knows that terror first hand. "Knock in the Night " is the artist's cautionary memoir of growing up under Communist brutality. This extraordinary book vividly recounts those desperate times and is an urgent reminder that where there is no democracy, there is no safety.

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This book was so enlightening to me. It is hard for us Americans to really understand and draw a clear picture of what it was like to live under communism. As much of a socialist as I am, I can state ...

Review: Knock in the Night

User Review - Goodreads

My friend Balazs wrote this book--he is a famous Hungarian artist who managed to live through the Hungarian Revolution. This book is a wonderful insight into Hungary under shocking Communist regime, and his family's coping. His father was a famous actor in hungary, which adds to the mystique. 

Bibliographic information

• Title: Knock in the Night
• Author: Balazs Szabo
• Publisher: LULU Press, 2008
• ISBN: 143571766X, 9781435717664
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General