A selection of life interviews from the Oral History Archive
with photographs of 1988-9 by Piroska Nagy

Foreword

Chapter I. "'88 was a strange year"
Fear and relief
Civil and party organizations
Historical justice!
The powers are still resisting
Last tributes in Paris
The powers are forced to concede

Chapter II. "We want last tributes for all!"
The exhumation of Imre Nagy and his fellow martyrs
Family mourning or political battle?
June 16, 1989
There is somewhere to go to commemorate
The memorial

Chapter III. "The transformation goes much harder..."
October 23, 1989
Freedom
Home again
Rehabilitation
Compensation
Disillusion
Not the same Historical Justice Committee
Summary

Appendix
Commemorators
References
Pictures
Abbreviations
Index of names