My Escapes: Escapes from Behind the Iron Curtain & Escapes from Myself

Accused of sabotage on the tenth anniversary of the 1956 revolution, the author tried to escape from Hungary. He was 17 years old. Caught before reaching the Yugoslav border, he was jailed and treated cruelly. In 1970, instead of regular military service, he had to do hard labor in a penal colony that was established for "enemies of the state". Risking prison, he was able to trick police and obtain a red passport with a 24-hour Yugoslav transit visa in 1973. During a night in August, he swa...