Brampton Guardian article about book

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Brampton author pens true account of Hungarian Revolution
Heroes Don't Cry. Brampton author Judith Kopácsi-Gelberger will be signing copies of her book, Heroes Don't Cry, at Brampton Chapters on Feb. 20.
With the odds stacked against her, and given a one-in-a-million chance of success, Brampton resident Judith Kopácsi-Gelberger describes in her book Heroes Don’t Cry how she managed to escape and then rescue her parents from certain death in post-revolution Hungary.
Today, Judith Kopácsi-Gelberger lives the quiet life of a suburban housewife, but not far beneath it lies her younger life far away from the experience or imagination of the average Canadian. With the odds stacked against her, and given a one-in-a-million chance of success, this Brampton resident describes in her book Heroes Don’t Cry how she managed to escape and then rescue her parents from certain death in post-revolution Hungary.
On Feb. 20 at Chapters Brampton, 52 Quarry Edge Dr., the author will be on hand to sign copies of her book.
Heroes Don’t Cry is based in 1956, when 10-year-old Judy was happy and protected, surrounding by a loving family: her parents and paternal grandparents in Budapest, Hungary.
In Judith’s young eyes, they were all heroic fighters against the Nazis during World War II, known to risk their lives by saving many others: Jews, union leaders, and even an injured Russian Soldier. To Judith, the biggest hero of them all was her father, Sándor Kopácsi, the Police Chief of Budapest.
By the end of that year, Judith’s life had turned upside-down, and not just because of the Hungarian Revolution alone.
Judith’s father, as police chief, had refused to give orders for police to shoot into unarmed crowds demanding democratic changes during the Hungarian Revolution. For this, he was arrested by the Soviet army, an overwhelming force crushing the revolt and threatening to hang him from the tallest tree in Budapest.
Ostracized and relentlessly persecuted by just about everyone in her world from then on, from teachers and fellow students to Party secretaries, and often at the verge of suicide, Judith managed to flee to Canada at age 19.
Judith’s book, written from a child’s perspective, is about the two-decades long fierce battle to save her father’s life and freedom in a hostile environment and against a ruthless regime, and even with family disbelief and opposition against her, she succeeded in bringing her parents to a safe haven in Canada.
The book signing begins at 11 a.m.