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Walking along Wesselényi Street, thinking we were still headed toward the restaurant, we passed a series of markers honoring famous Jewish Hungarians including such familiar names as József Pulitzer and Erik Weisz who may be better known to you by …

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If this were a normal recounting, I’d be writing about my time in Budapest in rather rapturous detail because the city in the summer is a visitor’s dream. But, if you were with me at the beginning of this tale, …

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The previous post ended with the eruption of chaos and violence among the demonstrators in Kossuth Square, the AVH, and the Soviet Army. As reports spread about the events in Budapest, [Photo From Museum of the Hungarian Parliament]. so did …