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Communist Hungary escapee, WSU alumna honored

Helen and John Szablya, center, with their family.     The Szablyas after 1956 escape. SEATTLE, Wash. – Helen M. Szablya and her family in the 1950s made two dangerous but unsuccessful attempts to escape communist Hungary.   Faced with the threat of prison, the Szablyas armed themselves with false identification and made a third […]