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...year ago this week, these Hungarians were creeping and running through the forests of the Austro-Hungarian border, slipping from beneath the eyes of machine-gunning Russian guards, losing their way along the winding, zig-zagging line that separated a ruined Hungary from a reborn and welcoming Austria...
...about ten of them are at Harvard, fretting about hour exams, writing and rewriting papers, and trying at the same time to keep up contact with friends and relatives in Hungary, and to teach some Hungarian history and language to their new roommates and friends...
...Then we started. It was cold and raining, and we just watched for signs saying 'Vienna' to see whether we were going in the right direction. We could have been caught, but we were sure of ourselves. One hundred yards from the border we saw a Hungarian peasant's house, and he invited us in. He wouldn't accept any money, and was shocked that we would offer...
...waited in the house two hours, then we ran the 100 yards to the border. There was a police barracks 50 yards away from where we were, but they didn't notice us. In September, as a sign of good will to Austria the Hungarian government had removed the barbed wire, the mines, and the dogs from the border--it had been impossible to get through before. The border zig-zags, and we got into Austria and back into Hungary several times, but finally we crossed it. It wasn't a joyous thing at all; just crossing that...
Julius washed dishes in a Boston hotel, and became active in the Association of Hungarian Students in the United States. He attended the organization's summer conference in Chicago, where he was told by friendly natives, "Please don't walk alone at night...