Mária Vásárhelyi: As a child, I felt that no one was talking about '56 and Imre Nagy anymore, only at home was this always discussed.

The article discusses the generational differences in how trauma from the Holocaust was processed within a family. The author's parents, who became communists after the war, chose to suppress their painful memories, believing that humanity had learned from the past. In contrast, the author's grandmother openly shared her traumatic experiences, viewing them as a continuous threat. The author reflects on the emotional impact of their father's memories of the ghetto's liberation, highlighting the lasting scars of such experiences. The piece emphasizes the complexity of memory and trauma across generations.