#159 Andy Grove (Intel)

I was born in Budapest, Hungary in nineteen thirty six. By the time I was twenty, I lived through a Hungarian fascist dictatorship. German military occupation. The Nazis final solution?

The siege of Budapest by the Soviet Red Army. A period of chaotic democracy in the years immediately after the war. A variety of repressive communist regimes. And a popular uprising That was put down at gunpoint.

This is the story of that time. And what happened to my family and me. Before I tell my story, it may be helpful to provide some historical context. When I was born, Hungary was governed by the right wing dictatorship aligned with Nazi Germany. During the early years of World War two, Hungary maintained a policy of arm neutrality.

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