Today, October 23rd, marks the 58th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in which students and workers rose up against Soviet tyranny. My dad, Gabor Boritt , was 16 years old that day and joined in the revolt, protesting Stalins grip on Budapest, Hungary. Many credit the revolt as the first crack in the Soviet Union’s empire. I made a film about my dads journey from Budapest to Gettysburg. Its available as a online download at a 25% discount with the code 1956.” We cannot escape history. - Jake Boritt https://vimeo/ondemand/btg BUDAPEST TO GETTYSBURG, is a riveting tale of love, hate, war and freedom – a journey from terror to hope. The past and present collide as a world-renowned historian confronts a history he has refused to study: his own. Gabor Boritt is an expert on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. Fifty years after fleeing a continent ravaged by the terror of Hitler and Stalin, Gabor reluctantly returns to his native Budapest. Urged by his son, he faces the harsh history of his Jewish-Hungarian childhood: the Nazi invasion, the Holocaust, Allied bombing raids, Soviet tyranny, the 1956 Revolution and his escape to America. From the streets of Budapest to the fields of Gettysburg, Gabor discovers the intimate and epic history that transformed him into a great scholar of Lincoln, the Civil War and American democracy. Also on DVD via amazon: amazon/Budapest-to-Gettysburg/dp/B004MBNO0G
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:32:35 +0000
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