Hungarian Communists addressed an appeal to the Red Army, describing the ‘rampant, demented hatred’, which even their own comrades had suffered. ‘Mothers were raped by drunken soldiers in front of their own children and husbands. Girls as young as 12 were dragged from their fathers and mothers to be violated by 10–15 soldiers and often infected with venereal diseases. After the first group, others came who followed their example … Several comrades lost their lives trying to protect their wives and daughters.’ Even Mátyás Rákosi, the secretary-general of the Hungarian Communist Party, appealed
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