"Don't cry, mother, father is coming home"

The story of 1956 is not only the story of the heroes fighting on the barricades and the revolutionary leaders. Behind the fate of each participant, we find their family members, the people who, due to their involvement in '56, carried on the burden of life in the absence of their loved ones, staying in the background. Those who promoted to the role of the number one breadwinner, stigmatized, brought up the children in the midst of deprivation, and tried with all their might to maintain the unity of the family. Ilona Brusznyai Árpádné Honti's diary, which the Reader holds in his hands, has an inestimable source value: it presents the heroic stand of the wife of a revolutionary who fell into the hands of the revenge-hungry and cruel representatives of power at the same time, "in real time". According to her hopes, the shocking coming-of-age documentary intended for her husband, who will eventually be released from prison, offers a unique insight into the struggles of a mother left alone with her three-year-old daughter. In addition to following the progress of the proceedings against Árpád Brusznyai, we can get a detailed and intimate picture of how Ilona Honti tried to survive the months of grinding uncertainty and how she tried to keep the spirit not only in herself but also in her child, which often required superhuman effort . His diary, which ends shortly before the death sentence is announced and carried out, is particularly gut-wrenching reading given the outcome.