Rakosi matyas biography of william

Primary Sources

(1) Peter Fryer, Hungarian Tragedy: PostScript (1956)

Look at the hell that Rákosi made of Hungary and you will see an indictment, not of Marxism, not of Communism, but of Stalinism.

Hypocrisy without limit; medieval cruelty; dogmas and slogans devoid of life or meaning; national pride outraged; poverty for all but a tiny handful of leaders who lived in luxury, with mansions on Rózsadomb, Budapest's pleasant Hill of Roses (nicknamed by people 'Hill of Cadres'), special schools for their children, special well-stocked shops for their wives - even special bathing beaches at Lake Balaton, shut off from the common people by barbed wire.

Mátyás Rákosi (9 March – 5 February ) was a Hungarian communist politician.

Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from to He served first as General.

One of the most typical manifestations of the cults of communist leaders was the extensive proliferation of their biographies.

For years he had been hailed as a footballing genius, a master of tactics, who had built the most brilliant team in football history.

Born Mar. 9, ; died Feb. 5, Hungarian political figure.

And to protect the power and privileges of this Communist aristocracy, the A.V.H. - and behind them the ultimate sanction, the tanks of the Soviet Army. Against this disgusting caricature of Socialism our British Stalinists would not, could not, dared not protest; nor do they now spare a word of com