
FiveyearsafterWordWarIIHungarianpeoplearesecretlyarrestedandtakentoalabourcampwithoutanyjudicialsentence.Duringtheearly1950'stheveryexistenceofthecampforpoliticalprisonersatRecskwasoneoftheHungariancommunistregime'sdeepestsecrets.EscapeFromRecsktellsthestoryoftheonlypersonwhoevermanagedtoescapesuccessfullyfromRecsk-Hungary'smostnotoriousprisoncamp.Hecherisheshishopebymemorizingthenamesoffellowprisoners.ThedisclosureofthenamesoftheseprisonersintheWestrevealedtheexistenceofthecamptotheworldandstartedtheprocessthateventuallyledtodismantlingthegulagcampsinCentralEastEurope.EscapeFromRecskcapturestheatmosphereofparanoia,humiliationanddegradationthatprevailedthroughouttheStalinistgulagsystem.Eventheguardsdonottrusteachotherinthisnightmareworldwherebetrayalistheonlycurrencyforpurchasingsmallfavours,andevenlife.


