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C 7: Object (Document/reproduction)/ mother's diary

C 7: Object (Document/reproduction)/ mother's diary

My mother's diary entry of Wednesday, 24 October 1956: 'In the morning I was on my way to the swimming baths, but ... REVOLUTION! A mad noise of gunfire and tanks. All the trams and buses are at a standstill, the businesses are shut . . .'

Katarin P., born 1962 in Zurich: her parents come from Hungary