Editing József Barsi (section)

==Early life and marriages==
[[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first wife, Klara, and their two children, Ági (left) and Barna (right).|link=Special:FilePath/Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png]]
József was born on November 26<sup>th</sup>, 1932; in a “[rough] industrial” area of Hungary,<ref name="latimes" /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. His surname indicates that his ancestors probably came from [[Wikipedia:Bars County|Bars]], modern day [[Wikipedia:Tekov|Tekov]] in [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. An [[wikipedia:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate]] child, József never knew his father and suffered from social rejection and bullying by other children and from his own school teachers.<ref name="Documentary" /><ref name="agibarsi" /> His first daughter, Ági, later speculated that József resented his mother for allowing his father to abandon him, and consequently [[Misogyny|viewed all women as “whores”]].<ref name="agibarsi" />

At age 19, József [[wikipedia:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] his now [[wikipedia:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist-ruled homeland]] after the [[wikipedia:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]]. He initially settled in [[wikipedia:France|France]] and married a fellow Hungarian refugee named Klara, with whom he had two children, a son named Barna (1957-1995), and a daughter named Ági (1958-2008). József soon developed a [[w:alcoholism|drinking problem]] and began to physically abuse his wife.<ref name="agibarsi">Barsi, Ági (1999), ''What will you do?'', A Better Life, ISBN 0967169399</ref>
[[File:Barsi Couple.jpg|thumb|right|József with his second wife, Maria.|link=Special:FilePath/Barsi_Couple.jpg]]
After the family moved to New York in 1964, József [[Child Abuse|extended his abuse]] to his son Barna, prompting Klara to escape with the children to Arizona five years later. Although József attempted to reconcile himself with his family, Klara filed for divorce after he threw a cast-iron skillet at her in a drunken rage. Shortly after the divorce, József moved to California,<ref name="agibarsi" /> where he worked as a plumbing contractor. There, he met Maria Virovacz, a waitress in a Los Angeles restaurant known as a meeting place for immigrants.<ref name="latimes" />

Maria, herself a Hungarian immigrant escaping the Soviet occupation, was born in rural southern Hungary,<ref name="latimes" /> and suffered psychological and physical abuse from her father. The two married, and Judith's birth quickly followed in Los Angeles, California, where Judith was raised.<ref name="Documentary" />