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The alarm beeps. Familiar? Oh no, is it already time? We jump out of bed. We quickly wash ourselves, have an even quicker breakfast, throw on our clothes and we rush to work. We know exactly when to step out of the house, how many minutes ‘til the bus stop, if we make it through the first green at the crossing. “If I get to the church by five minutes past, I will surely catch the tram” – we murmur to ourselves.
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Forced collectivization, artificial industrialization, peace loan, the cult of the leader, false trials. But what were the every-days like during the Stalinist years in Hungary, what events led to the revolution of 1956?
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For many, Kőbánya means beer. There are many things one can think of. But who would think about Polish minorities living in Hungary when mentioning Kőbánya? Did you know that the only Christian church in the country guarding a scroll of the Torah can be found here?
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Sándor Rózsa is the Hungarian Robin Hood of the 19th century: he held raids in many parts of the country, followed by the police of the time, always getting away through the system of tunnels under the inns.
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Remember the question in the movie ‘The Life of Brian’? - “What have the Romans ever done for us? The Spa!
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Ernő Nemecsek is regarded by many as the Hungarian Tom Sawyer. Everybody knows Tom Sawyer but who is this Ernő Nemecsek? He is the selfless hero of the Hungarian youth novel „Paul Street Boys”.
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