The Fall of the Red Star: Illegal Boy Scout Troop During 1956 Hungarian Uprising Against the Soviets - Softcover

Szablya, Helen M.; Anderson, Peggy King

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1496165055 ISBN 13: 9781496165053

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Action story of Illegal Scout troopduring the Hungarian Uprising against the Soviets in 1956. Stephen high school piano prodigy and his friends with Scout leader University professor George, Stephen's sister Maria's husband, shows both university and high school involvement, as well as the population's, in this short-lived victory over the Soviets, four days of freedom and bloody battle scenes before and after. Winners even in defeat - the heroes of the fight against Communism. During death dealt right and left the promise of a new life appears when Maria gives birth during the fighting.

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About the Author:

Helen M. Szablya, a refugee from Hungary in 1956, is now Honorary Consul General of the same country, Hungary for WA, OR, and ID, based in Seattle, and Past President of the Washington Press Association. She is an award-winning author, columnist, translator, and lecturer. She has two university degrees, speaks six languages, and many of her more than 700 publications have won awards. Helen co-authored "Hungary Remembered", an award-winning, oral history drama/lecture series for the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising. "The Fall Of The Red Star," won the first prizes of the Washington Press Association and the National Association of Press Women in 1996. It is based on true stories of an illegal scout troop during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, published for its 40th anniversary. Her newest book “My Only Choice 1942-1956 Hungary” is the story of her life and through that the story of her native land, as seen by a 7-year old growing up and becoming a mother of three. Szablya recently received the Presidential Order of Merit of Hungary for her consular and cultural work and the Spirit of Liberty award from the Ethnic Heritage Council. Szablya and her late husband, Dr. John F. Szablya, escaped Hungary and Communism in 1956 with two toddlers and a newborn. They have seven children, 16 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She currently lives in Seattle, WA and is active in her community, including the Hungarian-American Coalition, the Hungarian ¬American Association of Washington and the Seattle-Pécs Sister City Association.

From Booklist:

Gr. 7^-9. Fourteen-year-old Stephen, an aspiring musician, becomes a freedom fighter in the Hungarian rebellion against the Soviets in 1956. He and his friends learn to make Molotov cocktails, kill (despite agonizing remorse), and make coffins and bury the dead. Stephen's personal life is also in an uproar: he helps deliver his sister Maria's baby, and his father returns after being in prison for years. There's a thrilling escape, based on the experiences of Szablya's family, with Stephen's family fleeing by truck, by boat, and on foot through a swamp. The authors do a good job of conveying the horrors of modern-day urban warfare, which turns familiar surroundings into a battle zone, and readers learn some recent history as well as gain poignant insight into the making of everyday heroes. Glossary included. Susan Dove Lempke

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1496165055
• ISBN 13: 9781496165053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168