This is possibly inappropriate for my blog “about games”, but that’s never stopped me before. I wrote about my dad in a post about the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution against the Soviets a bit over a year ago. It’s perhaps a small thing by some people’s standards but it makes me proud to see my dad’s local newspaper write an article about a medal he recently received from the Hungarian service for his selfless service in the cause of freedom from Soviet oppression during the Revolution. Article is here.
Fuck tyrants, no matter what flag or god they cloak themselves with.
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February 8th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
wowpanda
My hats off to your dad!
February 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Canadian Cousin
Saw him today Matt, and he’s still as awesome as ever. He was pretty surprised when I told him that I’d already read the article here!
February 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Gene Endrody
I can relate. The parallels in our father’s stories are amazing. An 18 year old student in an eye glass factory in Budapest on the day of the revolution, he found himself a freedom fighter before escaping across the border to a refuge camp in Austria. It was there, with five cigarettes a day in his ration kit, that he got himself hooked on tobacco for close to 20 years. He also found his way to Canada, working as a labourer under terrible conditions for a few years before finding more permanent employment in an Aluminium smelter in Kitimat, BC.
We lost him this year after a long battle with diabetes. Preparing for the funeral brought back many of the old stories and many of his old friends. Those Hungarians are an amazing lot. He was my hero.
Thanks for the post.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Matt
Wow, that’s pretty amazing, Gene. I’m sorry to hear about your loss. Hungarians rock.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Azaroth
I may not be Hungarian, but I post in support of amazing fathers everywhere and also in support of all those who say things like “Fuck tyrants, no matter what flag or god they cloak themselves with.”.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Gene Endrody
There was a central square in Budapest that many of the fighters held out in that night. I wonder if your Dad spent that first night there as well? He would remember because a tank ran over a beer keg that had fallen off a truck and a bunch of the guys managed to find some some mugs and make sure it didn’t go to waste.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Matt
Was that square off of the Corvin Theatre? If so, he was there. I went there a few years ago actually, and the bullet holes are still riddling the buildings in the area.