Occupation by the Red army. ruthless oppression of the democratic and nationalist parties and their leaders. police terror. and infiltration of all mass organizations by the double method of promises and terror. Rigged elections followed by show trials. "confessions." and purges. Deportation of entire social classes from the city to the rural areas. the establishment of a forced labor economy. Yet. as soon as the "thaw" of 1953 occurred. even many of the Communists who joined originally from misguided idealism have seen the farce of the totalitarian police state parading as a "peoples democracy." But the forces of oppression and the forces of the Soviet Union were stronger than timid attempts to offer concessions. After the first Nagy period. another RakosiGero period followed. embittering the people over and beyond their endurance. The revolution erupteda living testimonial of martyrs and heroes. many of whom were young Hungarians in their midteens. At first. there was the smell of victory. but it turned into a massacre as no other power supported them in their search for peace and independence. Deportations. massacres. longterm prison sentences for over 100.000 Hungarians. 230.000 Hungarians In exile were the bitter fruit of a lost struggle for freedom. Today. we are building bridges to Eastem Europe. It is good and necessary.
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