Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Jill Culiner is the author of the new book Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain . Her other books include Finding Home in the Footsteps of the Jewish...
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Hungary's Rural Jews: Excerpt from Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain
‘ W hen the Russian Air Force had their base here in Kunmadaras, those were good times,’ said Tarzan, a hugely fat man with long, drooping moustaches, and the over-developed biceps that had gained him his nickname. ‘You could get anything by trading in...
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A Hungarian village on the Great Plain: a microcosm reflecting this country’s history from early tribal invasion, to Soviet subordination, to European Community membership. Here, peasants, herders, party girls, former nazis and lapsed communists share...
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What people are saying about Those Absent: Part history, part detective story, part personal memoir, Those Absent brings to life a cast of characters fitting for a Dickensian novel, deals with the fallibility of memory, the nature of prejudice and persecution,...
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Although a popular tourist destination with “traditional” whip-cracking horsemen, costumed dancers, and elegant public baths, Hungary remains one of Europe’s least-known countries. And if the country’s name conjures up Attila’s Huns, few know that Hungarians...
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