Armed revolutionaries, aid workers and nurses…
When we think of the 1956 Revolution, it’s men who first come to mind, not women. The chain of events that happened during the revolution are generally considered manly activities.…
When we think of the 1956 Revolution, it’s men who first come to mind, not women. The chain of events that happened during the revolution are generally considered manly activities.…
László Iván Kovács was born in Debrecen in 1930. After graduating from high school, he applied to law school, but since his family was considered politically unreliable, he was not…
October 23, 1956 was a sunny day with a relatively warm, high temperature in the low 20s Celsius (70°F), which was uncommon that late in October. One can only wonder…
October 23, 1956 was a sunny day with a relatively warm, high temperature in the low 20s Celsius (70°F), which was uncommon that late in October. One can only wonder…
The Poznań Uprising of June 1956 is considered one of the precursors of the 1956 Revolution, and sympathy for developments in Poland was one of the driving forces for the…
The 1953 East German Uprising is considered one of the precursors to the 1956 Revolution, with the critical difference that this attempt by the East Germans was stamped out by…
The first freely elected parliament in over four decades sat for the first time, thereby officially ending communist rule in Hungary. That same day parliament passed Law XXVIII of 1990,…
The first genuinely free elections in 45 years are held, with the conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum winning the most seats.
The Third Hungarian Republic is declared, with parliamentary elections to be held the following spring.
At the same time as Imre Nagy and his associates were rehabilitated by the court, János Kádár dies in hospital.