Tag Archives: Revolution

Well before the 1956 HungarianRevolution, László Varjú, as a highschool student, was jailed for anti-communist activities. Then, in 1957 he risked his life to leave the country, later joining a lesser-known Hungarian paramilitary organization in the US. All this before becoming a successful physician in adulthood. On the occasion of the publication of the third edition of Visszidensek(Remigrates), Hungary Today interviewed Dr. László Varjú, a former doctor-soldier …

The Hungarian flag was hoisted in front of Parliament and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of Soviet forces crushing the 1956 uprising. Defence Minister Tibor Benkő attended the ceremony. Throughout the day, the public can light candles at the House of Terror museum and visit plot 301 …

Hungarians in 1956 wanted a “free and independent” country for themselves in the “Europe of nations”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music on Wednesday. On October 23, 1956, Hungarians demanded to be given back their right to …

One day prior to the Hungarian national holiday commemorating the 1956 revolution and freedom fighters, the journalists were offered the chance to visit the House of Terror Museum in order to get a full picture of 20th century Hungary, the world wars, the fascist and communist totalitarian regimes, and the struggles of …

Hungary’s national flag was hoisted in front of the Parliament building on Wednesday, in a state commemoration marking the anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolt which started on October 23, 1956. The ceremony was attended by House Speaker László Kövér, government members, leaders of the military and state organisations, and diplomats. …

October 23, 1956 is the most important date in 20th century Hungarian history. On this day, a people cried as one: “enough!” Below is the recollection of István Radda in which he tells the story of how his parents put him and his two siblings into a taxi to flee the country …

Hungary’s revolution of October 23, 1956 was commemorated in several US cities and a ceremony was heldin Washington on Monday. “We Hungarians, a people of freedom being of a small country but a great nation, dared to say from time to time: enough of tyranny; and we dared to confront much …

From October 19th until November 12th, Radio Free Europe‘s (RFE) Hungarian broadcast recorded around and during the 1956 Revolution can be listened to online, exactly how it was aired 63 years ago minute by minute, HVG reported. The Hungarian broadcast of RFE’s 1956 program that was aired on shortwave, through foreign transmitters, was …

His life path to the Parliament of Hungary Hungarytoday: In the Millennium’s year of Hungary, on the 7th of June 1896, Imre Nagy was born in Kaposvár, southern Hungary, to a poor, peasant family. His father, József Nagy, was a manorial servant and county worker, and his mother, Rozália Szabó, served …