William Penn Life, 2016 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2016-07-01 / 7. szám
Tibor s Take was there when Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, and, thus, World War I started. He was lucky to escape with his life and return to Celldomolk, Hungary." Question #3: Do you have a favorite book or memoir about Hungary's involvement in World War I? Steve S. and S.B.V. recommended to me Hungary: The Unwilling Satellite, written by John F. Montgomery. Montgomery was a prominent American diplomat who served in Hungary from 1933-1941. Please note that this is a book about the interwar and World War II era. Kathy M. says that her favorite book is The Dissolution of the Hapsburg Monarchy (University of Chicago Press, 1966) by Oszkár Jaszi. Jaszi was born in Austria-Hungary in 1875 and died in 1957 in Oberlin, Ohio. He came to the U.S. in 1925 and became a professor of history at Oberlin College. Andy G. recommended a recently published work called The Burning of the World, by Béla Zombory- Moldován. Question #4: Do you have any photos related to Hungary's involvement in World War I? Alas, I did not receive any photos relating to Hungary's involvement in World War I. However, I was able to find on my own the remains of a cemetery for World War I POW's outside of my family's ancestral village of Csőt (pictured top right). Csőt had been the site of a POW camp for various captured soldiers (mostly Russian), and, sadly, some of those soldiers died during the course of their captivity and were interred in foreign soil forever. One photo (bottom right) strikingly shows a simple headstone with the phrase "Névtelen Hús" — "Unidentified Body." I encourage my readers to continue to write in with their responses to these questions, as it has certainly produced an interesting and informative dialogue about Hungarian history. / Éljen az Amerikai-Magyar, Tibor II Tibor Check, Jr., is a member of Branch 28 and an attorney working in Washington, D.C. When he can, Tibor hosts “The Souvenirs of Hungary” radio program on WKTL-FM 90.7, Struthers, Ohio, on Saturdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. WILLIAM PENN LIFE 0 July 2016 0 1 1
