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Following 1989, the public discussion and examination of the history of
secret police agents happened in an inadequate, unsatisfactory manner: Hungarian
society was unable to come to terms with its former informers. This proved to
be a loss not only for the victims, “the targets”, but also for the “observers”. The
catharsis of asking and receiving forgiveness did not occur, although it could have
lead to deliver provided relief also for those who were involved.The purpose of
this essay is to describe the life story of E. V., who suffered a nervous breakdown
when her fiancé was executed in 1957 during the post-revolutionary persecutions.
Meanwhile the political police recruited her as an agent. Based on the available
sources, it is possible to claim that after the Hungarian political transformation
in 1989, E. V. reshaped her memory and her personal identity because she was
unable to face her past. She claimed in her life history interview: “I am no relative
or friend to anyone”.
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