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We left the ghetto and I told my mother to go back to Liszt Ferenc Square where we had been in the Vatikan protected house 13 and from where we went to the ghetto. Because all of our furniture, bedding, dishes had remained there. We went back and we found out that this room, where we had been in the ghetto, had been hit by a mine, and those who remained there for longer all died.
When my mother found out about this she began to regard me as an adult. She said that she would always do what I said. She asked me what party she should join. I told her to join the Social Democratic Party. Then my mother joined it. Soon after that, my mother asked me, if she shouldn’t join the Communist Party.
I told her not to, because I had heard that the two parties were going to be united 14. She didn’t join it, but she was downgraded as a member. This was very good for her, because they expected less work from her. After 1956 15 she didn’t join the Party again, but they used to get together with the former party comrades.
When my mother found out about this she began to regard me as an adult. She said that she would always do what I said. She asked me what party she should join. I told her to join the Social Democratic Party. Then my mother joined it. Soon after that, my mother asked me, if she shouldn’t join the Communist Party.
I told her not to, because I had heard that the two parties were going to be united 14. She didn’t join it, but she was downgraded as a member. This was very good for her, because they expected less work from her. After 1956 15 she didn’t join the Party again, but they used to get together with the former party comrades.
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Hungary
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Judit Kinszki