1956

  • Krisztián Szabó
    Hungarian revolutioners in 1956

    Death-defying Hungarian courage in the headlines – how the international press covered the 1956 uprising

    None of the milestones in the history of our country has attracted as much interest in the world press as the 1956 Revolution and...
  • Andrea Csongor
    The group of sportsmen travelling to the XVI Summer Olympic Games. In the foreground István Hevesi water polo player, next to him Imre Polyák wrestler, and György Gurics wrestler, behind them Ervin Zádor water polo player, and Jenő Bakó, swimming master coach

    The "Melbourne bloodbath", the revenge of the Hungarian water polo team – How we repaid the crushing of the '56 revolution

    It would surely be difficult to find a connection between the sight of blood mixing with the pool water, the Olympic performance of our...
  • Ágnes Németh
    Dr Péter Forgách

    „Many teenagers who believed in freedom died in the revolution”

    I feel it's my duty to embrace the goal of the boys in Pest in '56, and that's why I'm working to help Hungarian...
  • Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
    The girl in the red coat

    This is how the girl in the red coat remembers the revolution: 'We breathed together'

    She did not even suspect that she would become a messenger of freedom when she put on her red coat and headed to the...
  • Lenke Fehér
    Brenner János

    “The fact is, you should be exterminated! – the fates of priests after 1956

    In the wake of the crushing of the 1956 Revolution until late 1957, that is, in just over one year, nearly 20,000 people were...