József Barsi: Difference between revisions

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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, Ági (left) and Barna (right).]]

József was born on November 26, 1932 in a "[rough] industrial" area of Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. 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 viewed all women as "whores".<ref name=agibarsi />

József was born on November 26, 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 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>

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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, Ági (left) and Barna (right).]]
-József was born on November 26, 1932 in a "[rough] industrial" area of Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. 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 viewed all women as "whores".<ref name=agibarsi />
+József was born on November 26, 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 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>