Victim, or collaborator?
The place of Hungary in World War 2 is often overlooked, even among the vast catalogue of historical and artistic acknowledgements of this monumental era. Overlooked, and possibly misunderstood.
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Allies of Nazi Germany are easily categorized as belligerents, worthy of the same censure and punishment. But these alliances didn't form in a vacuum of evil. Those who lived in the times didn't have the hindsight we now enjoy.
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The stories of everyday Hungarians, trying to balance between national interest and morality in an impossible place, are compelling. This is just one of those stories.
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What would you have done?
From Allied to Occupied: A German King Tiger tank rolls into Budapest during Operation Panzerfaust, October 1944.
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