Born in 1932 in Budapest, he lived in
Hungary with his Jewish family. When the Nazis persecuted Jews throughout the city, he had to hide from them when he was 12. His family was deported to work, after the communists came to power.[4]
He fled to the West during the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was bloodily put down by Soviet forces.[5] First he escaped Austria and then to England.[4]
The anti-communist scholar[7] wrote many books and articles. He is best known for his works Political Pilgrims: Western Intellectuals In Search of the Good Society, published in 1981, and Anti-Americanism, published in 1992.[8]
Video of lecture at The Heritage Foundation . Washington, D.C. 06.28.06. Mr. Hollander explains that while communism was developed to create a new sense of community, a more accurate description of the political ideology would be "violence with a higher purpose."