The essay notes that Hungary possesses a very particular brand of courage. "The courge to break ranks with a fellow Warsaw Pact nation. taking action that. in effect. calls more attention to the failure of Marxism." The courage of Hungary has not gone unnoticed. CFrom the Omaha WorldHerald. Tuesday. BRAVE PARALLEL WITH 1956HuqoARYs COURAGE A quarter of a million Hungarians fled Hungary beginning in the fall of 1956. when Soviet tanks crushed a national bid for freedom from Soviet control. A number of the refugees crossed the HungarianAustrian border. which was temporarily open. Now the HungarianAustrian door in the Iron Curtain has swung open again. This time it has become the route to freedom for thousands of East Germans--perhaps au many as 10.000 this weekwho are leavin. the Communist world behind.
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