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

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…

László Hámos – A Speech to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois 2006. október 21.

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NOTE: This speech switches back and forth between Hungarian and English. Honorary Consul Koskenalusta, Representative Julie Hámos (my long-lost relative – unfortunately, in name only), ladies and gentleman, esteemed guests, warm personal greetings to all who have assembled here, in the…

Erika Papp Faber – My American Experience of October 23rd, 1956

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The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight is the most important event of my life. I did not state “lifetime,” because it occurred 10 years before I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. How could something that occurred 10 years before I was…

László Bõjtös Together in spite of the distance

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On the evening of October 23, 1956, I was having coffee and plum brandy with my mother and her friend Erzsike Sárkány at Ruszwurm Café. The sun had set. The lighting in the coffeehouse was a subdued yellow, and people were…