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The Fencers by Geza Tatrallyay6/20/2023 ![]() Geza represented Canada as an épée fencer in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Geza was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University and graduating with a BA/MA in Human Sciences in 1974 he completed his studies with a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Politics in 1975. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology in 1972 (after taking a break in his studies to work as a host in the Ontario Pavilion at Expo’70 in Osaka, Japan). ![]() ![]() He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was School Captain. ![]() This is a gripping tale of bravery and the will to survive, the sometimes heart-breaking struggle for freedom, and the wonder and difficulties inherent in starting a life in a new country.īorn in Budapest, Hungary, Geza Tatrallyay escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, immigrating to Canada the same year. For the Children is a narrative memoir that tells the true story of the author’s family’s escape from Hungary and immigration to Canada in 1956, told from the viewpoint of the seven year old child he was at the time.Īfter numerous attempts to flee from a revolution torn Stalinist Hungary ending in capture and disappointment, the author’s parents’ pursuit to give their children a better life finally bears success as they walk to freedom across a well guarded and mine strewn border. ![]()
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