Hungarian interview - Frank Felkai

Date
2006-07-13
Personal name
Interviewer: Anna Szakaly
Interviewee: Felkai, Frank
Corporate name
Description

Frank Felkai was born in 1942 in Budapest. He was a student in grade 8 when the revolution happened. Was present during the Oct 23 protests and street fights. Talks about BEM Szobor protest and the crowds at the radio tower. How he and other 'Pesti Sracok' built Molotov cocktails. Frank's father was a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union following WWII. He was very politically aware as a child. His grandmother secretly listened to the BBC. Found out that they were on a list to be deported to a rural region in Hungary because they were on a political black list. Talks extensively of his role with the 'Pesti Sracok,' or young children, who took part in the fighting, building and throwing Molotov cocktails, carrying and using guns against Russian tanks. Talks about escape after revolution fails. Arrived in Canada, moved to Tillsonburg, Ontario. Eventually completed a law degree at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. Successful career as a lawyer.

Physical description
(1 audio file (Part one: 1:03:58
Part two: 0:46:49))
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Identifier
HungTape1956-19
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Source/owner of material

Multicultural History Society of Ontario