Book the extended Communist Budapest walk with me, including a personal touch, an honest conversation with an eyewitness to our Communist past. This is the perfect private tour for those who would like to learn more about the most painful periods of our modern history. I’ll show you monuments of our Communist past and will also explain you how people lived in my beloved city during the Communist dictatorship. We’ll finish the tour in a local café where we meet my father who was eyewitness to the 1956 revolution and who is ready to talk to you about his and his family’s experiences during the Communist era.
Hungary fell under Soviet occupation after WW2 and the country’s new leaders not only changed the way of thinking and the everyday life of the people but the cityscape of Budapest, too. It’s hard to believe that the shiny and glorious city today was all black and grey when I was a child.
I’d like to show you the one and only Soviet Army Memorial left in Budapest. We’ll see the monuments commemorating the 1956 revolution and near the Parliament building and Heroes square. We’ll talk about the freedom fighters and Imre Nagy, the revolutionary prime minister of Hungary executed after the revolution. I’d like to show you the examples of the Socialist-Realism architecture, so that you’ll have a better understanding about how local people lived during the last 70 years.
I’ll explain about the years of the heavy dictatorship and about the consolidation from the beginning of the 1960’s, how Hungarians lived through the Goulash Communism. I’ll also tell about the political and economical changes of 1989, how Hungary became free and independent, how we witnessed the most important changes of our lives in Budapest and in Hungary.
The last hour of the tour is a conversation with my father in a local café, he lived the major part of his life under the Communist regime and has sorrow memories from the 1956 revolution. During a casual talk you can ask all your questions and get closer to everyday life behind the iron curtain.
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All the above tours are private tours for you and for your family and friends only. The prices are for a group of maximum 4 people. Please let me know if you need a quote for more people.
Would you please contact me if you experience problems with your booking or if you’d like to book a tour on a day when I’m not available.
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