Kati Marton: Enemies of the People

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Partner:: Aspen Institute
Location:: Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 02.25.10
Speakers:: Dana Gioia,; Kati Marton
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Summary: When award-winning journalist and author Kati Marton went to Hungary to research her family's life there, she expected to find some good material. After all, her parents were reporters for the AP and UPI during the heart of Hungary's Cold War past.

Still, it was a bit of a shock when the archivists brought her "shopping carts full of documents about my family." In fact, Marton's parents were among the most investigated people in all of Hungary.

In her latest book, Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America, she discusses her memories of growing up in Cold War-era Hungary, and describes her efforts to uncover her family's buried past.

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Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia is a poet, critic, and arts leader. He currently serves as the Director of the Harman-Eisner Program in the Arts at The Aspen Institute. He is also the author of numerous books, including Interrogations at Noon (2002), which won the American Book Award in poetry, and Can Poetry Matter? (1992), which was short-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Prize. A translator and opera librettist, Gioia has also edited over two dozen literary anthologies.

Gioia served as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2009 where he helped create the largest programs in the agency�s history, including the Big Read, Shakespeare in American Communities, and Poetry Out Loud. He also led the U.S. cultural delegation to UNESCO.

Kati Marton

Kati Marton, an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent, is the author of Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History, a New York Times bestseller, as well as Wallenberg, The Polk Conspiracy, A Death in Jerusalem, and a novel, An American Woman.

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01.: Introduction

01 min 34 sec

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02.: Opening Remarks

02 min 47 sec

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03.: Uncovering Her Family's Past

03 min 04 sec

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04.: The Personal Side of History

03 min 40 sec

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05.: The Culture of Surveillance in Cold War Hungary

05 min 44 sec

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06.: Growing up Catholic

03 min 21 sec

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07.: Surviving the Revolution

04 min 45 sec

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08.: Continued Surveillance in America

03 min 41 sec

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09.: Excerpt: The End of Childhood

06 min 11 sec

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10.: Finding Eyewitnesses

02 min 14 sec

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11.: Q & A

00 min 24 sec

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12.: Q1: Her Father's Relationship with America

03 min 49 sec

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13.: Q2: Her Parents' Confidants

04 min 09 sec

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14.: Q3: Interviewing Old Informants

02 min 39 sec

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15.: Q4: Living an Unusual Childhood

03 min 48 sec

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16.: Q5: Thoughts on 'The Lives of Others'

01 min 37 sec

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Kati Marton Recalls Parents' Arrest in Communist Hungary

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Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America

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Cold War: Open yet restricted rivalry and hostility that developed after World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The U.S. and Britain, alarmed by the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, feared the expansion of Soviet power and communism in Western Europe and elsewhere. The Soviets were determined to maintain control of Eastern Europe, in part to safeguard against a possible renewed threat from Germany. The Cold War (the term was first used by Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 1947) was waged mainly on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. It was at its peak in 1948–53 with the Berlin blockade and airlift, the formation of NATO, the victory of the communists in the Chinese civil war, and the Korean War. Another intense stage occurred in 1958–62 with the Cuban missile crisis, which resulted in a weapons buildup by both sides. A period of détente in the 1970s was followed by renewed hostility. The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.; Cold War on britannica.com