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later, which was ordered by Hitler to be shot down. My father
and mother were merely robbed on the train as they were
crossing Italy on their way home.
It is quite a disadvantage to be born during wartime, but
most of the inconveniences and hardships fall on women, on the
mothers. A new-born cannot
relate. It is said that if the girl is
born sooner than the boy, it is not
very lucky either. This could be
an insignificant factor, but if the
girl is headstrong in nature, she
will definitely rule over her little
brother, and the womanly,
“motherly” nature is not likely to
make it to the surface. When I
was born, my elder sister was a
strong-willed person, and you
could not change that. But after a
few years passing and events
getting into balance, we could maintain a harmonious
relationship, in spite that life sending us endless possibilities to
tear us apart. We even built a house together, thus fulfilling the
dreams of our families.
My father, Dr. Lajos Pál Biró, and my grandfather,
Győző Drozdy , the latter a Smallholders Party MP, found out
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soon enough that they would highly possibly lose everything in
the siege. My grandfather’s mansion in Logodi utca/Street was
hit directly by an American bomb, which completely
annihilated it, with everything in it. Hence, they were forced to
protect our house at Zugló from demolition. During the siege of
BudaPest, three German soldiers made a hole on the wall in the
flight of stairs to build a machinegun nest. Nice attempt, but
such attempts did not last long in those days.

1 Picture: Győző Drozdy, MP, and his wife.

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