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==Early life and marriages==

[[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first wife, Klara, and their two children, Barna ~~and Ági~~.]]

[[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first wife, Klara, and their two children, Ági (left) and Barna (right).]]

Barsi had [[w:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] [[w:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist Hungary]] after the [[w:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]] at age 19. He initially settled in [[w: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> Ági, and other close contacts, later wrote that József suffered from low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, due to his [[w:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate birth]].<ref name=latimes /><ref name=agibarsi /><ref name=Documentary/>

[[File:Barsi Couple.jpg|thumb|right|József with his second wife, Maria.]]

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 ==Early life and marriages==
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+[[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first wife, Klara, and their two children, Ági (left) and Barna (right).]]
 Barsi had [[w:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] [[w:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist Hungary]] after the [[w:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]] at age 19. He initially settled in [[w: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> Ági, and other close contacts, later wrote that József suffered from low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, due to his [[w:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate birth]].<ref name=latimes /><ref name=agibarsi /><ref name=Documentary/>
 [[File:Barsi Couple.jpg|thumb|right|József with his second wife, Maria.]]