Home Country: Nation Capital and Austrian Border

home country: Kozak was in his early 20s and studying forestry at the University of Sopron, located roughly 15 kilometres from the Austrian border, according to Vancouver Courier. His home country was in the midst of a two-week uprising against Soviet rule that was on the precipice of total collapse and defeat. The date was Nov. 4, 1956 around 4 p.m. It began on Oct. 23, now recognized as a national holiday in Hungary, when more than 20,000 protesters demanded democratic reform and freedom from Communist rule in the nation capital of Budapest. The Soviets initially began withdrawing their forces. It was a very, very difficult time in my life, Kozak recalled. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.