“When they came for me there was no-one left to speak out.”
What is so exasperating is the speed in which this is all coming about. In the 50s, when I was 12, I remember listening to a Hungarian Freedom Fighter speaking of the revolt and the brutal takeover by the Communists, easily crushing their revolt.
He said that they knew things were in “the wings” but when things started happening, he was amazed at how quickly it all occurred. And look how long it took them to find their way back and at such great loss...