Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction and acknowledgement -- My family in Budapest in the 193 0s -- With my mother, father and brother Ervin in 1935 -- The end of ch ildhood -- Dachau--and the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft's conference in M unich -- The Gebirgsjägerschule in Mittenwald -- Where is my home? -- The 1956 revolution in my life -- My universities -- A widening world, learning by traveling -- In the international community of historians : friends all over the world -- Experiencing and writing history : a spe cial friend, books and debates -- Teaching in two different university systems -- My globalized family -- In the establishment -- In the storm of the regime change -- Leaving Hungary for Los Angeles -- America.

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