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Coming to America: My Long Journey to Freedom is an autobiographical account of Alex Nagy''s life from childhood to retirement
The book starts with his family genealogy, his earliest memories of World War II, growing up under Communism, participating in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, his escape to Austria at age seventeen, living in refugee camps in Austria and finally coming to America in 1958 to attend college. His family''s story is unique because they were probably the only Hungarians that escaped after the 1956 Hungarian Uprising that came to the U.S. under a special bill passed by both houses of Congress and signed by President Eisenhower. He attended college on a full tuition scholarship. In college he met his future wife. The book describes all the trials and tribulations he endured during his life under tyranny, the revolution, the escape from the Communist authorities, life in the Austrian refugee camps, and his triumphant arrival in the U.S. The timing of the book, while not planned so, coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising that were celebrated by Hungarians worldwide on October 23, 2006
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