Born in 1934, she saw German, Russian and Hungarian troops march across the area in World War Two, then, once the Yugoslav border was established, she spent a few decades "three hills away" from a frontier fortified by Communists.

During the harshest days of Stalinism, Hungary built a fence along the border, complete with a minefield. It was an "Iron Curtain", built against a perceived threat from the South.

In the 15-kilometre military zone citizens, especially ethnic Serbs like Majsztrovics, were closely monitored. When relations eventually thawed in the 1950s, that fence came down.