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Erika G. Kisvarsányi – In the Light of the Moon

Print version I am an ancient Hungarian pagan Thundering along on horseback, with my sword held high With intense devotion to forgiving Mother Earth, Mother Sun I praise the spirit of the Universe I am a disciple of Istvan Thundering along…

Mrs. Ilona Éva Ibrányi Kiss For Me The Revolution Started in 1955…

Adult Eyewitness History & Commentary

Print version Precursor to history For me the Revolution started in 1955, when the members of the choir and the orchestra of the Liszt Academy of Music wanted to perform for the first time Zrinyi’s “Szózat” on the birthday of its composer,…

Barbara Kiss Our Escape

Adult Eyewitness

In the year of 1956, November 19th was a bright, windy fall day. Day by day, the spirit of the Hungarian Revolution calmed down as more and more Soviet soldiers streamed into my native land and on the street corners, more red…

Amadé Kis Commander of Revolutionaries on Móricz Zsigmond Square

Active Freedom Fighters

Print version On October 23, 1956, the Hungarian nation awakened to the most glorious day of its history. The nation – having had enough of decades of slavery, physical and spiritual assaults and terror – shook off its chains and turned against…

Béla Király Ten Truths About 1956

Active Freedom Fighters History & Commentary

The Revolution of 1956, because it was so unexpected, because of its sequence of events, because of the triumph of youth guided not by persons or organizations, but by the very spirit of freedom, the collapse of the allegedly invincible Communist power,…

János Horváth The 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the Eyes of Ronald Reagan*

History & Commentary

Print version President Ronald Reagan had a great interest in and knowledge of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and this knowledge helped to shape his world views and contributed to his morally firm statesmanship. Contrary to the conventional wisdom of his time, he…

Miklós and Mária Hitter The Price of Freedom

Adult Eyewitness Family Members

Print version Cegléd – 1956 November 24 to December 1 Our dear Children, The past few days, and most likely many more days to come, are grief-laden for us. And probably today’s gray sky will never clear up completely for us. So…

Edward and Judy Hilbert Cartoonist’s Escape

Adult Eyewitness

Uncle from New Jersey The whole idea to come to the United States actually started in 1941 when my uncle, who had years before emigrated to New Jersey, returned to Budapest on holiday. When he emigrated to the United States in…

Eugene Laszlo Hegedus. REMEMBER 56

Outside Budapest

I do remember ’56. One must not forget it. Yes, I remember as if it happened today. Yes, I remember when I experienced freedom for the first time. I remember that our joy was second only to our enthusiasm. I remember when we…

István Harmath Memories of ’56

Adult Eyewitness

Although I’ve been planning to write my memories for years, something always prevented me from doing so. Now that I’m determined to fulfill my plan, I must state up front that I’m not writing history; instead, I am writing the memories of…