You hear the knock-do you open the door or pick up the pistol?

Government Repression Stories · Aug 31, 2026 · 15m

A knock on a Budapest door in March 1944 forces a 57-year-old MP to choose: open up or pick up a pistol-what would you do in that moment?You hear the knock-do you open the door or pick up the pistol?In this episode, we follow the decades that led Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky from a provincial family line to a law doctorate, soldier, newspaper editor, and politician who ultimately resisted rising fascism. We trace the choices, honors returned, and split allegiances that shaped his life - and ask how a lifetime makes a single moment inevitable.Person: Endre Bajcsy-ZsilinszkyDate: March 19…