Szabadság tér '89 - Files of regime change I.

The television program Szabadság tér '89 and the two-part book made from it also try to discuss topics that are taboo with relentless honesty, which have not been fashionable in the quarter of a century since the change of regime. And although Szabadság tér has been dealing with the past every week for the second year in a row since '89: the history of our country after 1945 - especially the Janus-faced world of the Kádár era - , his lesson is for today. Philip Rákay, with the involvement of renowned historians, artists and politicians, elaborates on the connections between the Kádár dictatorship and the change of regime, illuminating and understanding many things with us from the worldview debates that shatter today's Hungarian public life. The successful TV show is now the first volume of a book full of captivating stories, illustrated with hundreds of hitherto rarely published archival photos. "Kádár's betrayals always depend on environmental factors and always serve his survival." (Sándor Szórádi) "I had plenty of opportunities to see people go to their deaths." (Jenő Fónay) "The disinformation department also makes positive Kádár jokes." (Attila Horváth) "We felt the panting of the competent pribs around our necks." (Alexa Károly) "The most important question was whether we should be afraid or not." (László Kövér) "Grósz remarked to me, if this continues, there will be white terror here and blood will flow through the streets." (Imre Pozsgay) "The communist movement did not know what to do with the national idea." (István Ötvös) "The SZDSZ has accused the MDF of an anti-Semitic congregation in foreign media." (Zoltán Biró) "A file with a soft cover was written on it:" Wasp's Nest. " (József Pajcsics) "This was the moment that deepened into the memory of the people from the beautiful moments of the regime change." (Viktor Orbán) "A '89 vitamin show revealed that the MSZMP's assets kicked in at more than eight billion forints." (Tímea Orosz) "It has become a matter of life for them to successfully retain their influence over the remaining wealth." (Zoltán Ólmosi) "They claimed to have settled their assets, in fact this has not happened to date." (Imre Boros) "There are those among us who benefited from the robbery." (Piroska Zsákai)