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Erich Lessing - HUNGARY. Budapest.
Imre MECS president of the defense commission of the Hungarian National Assembly.
In 1956, he was sentenced to death for his participation in the revolution an
HUNGARY. Rakoskeresztur Cemetary. The central memorial, by György JOVANOVICS, where most of the executed insurgents were buried in unmarked graves. Between Dece
National Assembly.
Vote for admission to NATO.
Arpad GONCZ President of the Hungarian Republic.
In the background : a portrait of KOSSUTH hero of the 1848 Revolution.
Kilian barracks.
Army headquarters in 1956.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Andras HEGEDUS Hungarian Prime Minister (May 55 - October 56).
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Janos Mesz's memorial to the rebels who fell at Corvin Lane in the battle against the Soviet intervention after November 4th. In the Hu
HUNGARY. Rakoskeresztur Cemetery. The tombstone of defense minister General Pal MALETER, defender of the Kilian barracks. He was executed on June 16th, 1958.
National Assembly.
Vote for admission to NATO.
Andras B. HEGEDUS president of the committee in memory of the 1956 revolution. Driving force of the young intellectual communist group " Petöfi circle" in 1956
Vaci Utza street. Shopping area.
American Embassy, where the Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary Cardinal Jozsef MINDSZENTY was granted asylum for 14 years (1956-71). Charged with treason by t
Mrs MALETER.
General Pal MALETER's widow. He was Defence Minister in 1956.
Austro-Hungarian border.
The road to Andau bridge.
During the 1956 revolution, about 150.000 Hungarian refugees crossed this bridge. 67.000 stayed in Austr
HUNGARY. Near the Austro-Hungarian border, Andau bridge. 1998.
Andau Bridge crosses a small canal which forms the border between Austria and Hungary. More than...
Prater Utea school (one of the headquarters of the Revolutionaries of 1956).
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Katalin JANOSI painter, granddaughter of Imre NAGY (Hungarian Prime Minister in October 1956).
In the center : Emil HORN, curator of the Museum of Hungarian History.
In 1956, he was a member of the young intellectual communist group " Petöfi circle" ,
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998.
Monument sculpted by the Hungarian artist Janos KISS, erected in remembrance of Hungarian heroes. It stands now on the slope of Buda
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Szobor park.
Statue of Arpad SZAKASITS.
Communist statues, mostly 'Socialist Realism', removed from the city in 1989 to be gathered i
Andras HEGEDUS Hungarian Prime Minister (May 55 - October 56).
Gergely PONGRATZ leader of the rebels during 1956 uprising.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Austro-Hungarian border, near Andau bridge.
During the 1956 revolution, between 4 November and 31 December, about 155.000 Hungarian re...
HUNGARY. Rakoskeresztur Cemetery. 1998. Iliona TOTH's grave. Doctor in a hospital, member of a group of freedom fighters, she was arrested and condemned to de
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. The best statues from the Communist era, the majority of them examples of 'Socialist Realism', were removed from Budapest's public spac
Austro-Hungarian border, near Andau bridge.
During the 1956 revolution, about 150.000 Hungarian refugees crossed this bridge. 67.000 stayed in Austria.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. On Vértanuk (Martyrs') Square, opposite the Hungarian Parliament, now stands a statue of Imre NAGY, erected by Imre VARGA in 1996; Nag
Katalin JANOSI painter, granddaughter of Imre NAGY (Hungarian Prime Minister in October 1956).
HUNGARY. Budapest: National Assembly. February 18th, 1998. Vote for admission to NATO.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Koeztarsasag Square.
The former Budapest headquarters of the Hungarian Workers' Party is now the seat of the Hungarian Socialist Party
Corvin square.
Headquarters of the rebels during 1956 uprising.
Imre MECS president of the defense commission of the Hungarian National Assembly.
In 1956, he was sentenced to death for his participation in the revolution; a
Andras HEGEDUS Hungarian Prime Minister (May 55 - October 56).
In the center: Arpad GONCZ President of the Hungarian Republic.
On the wall a portrait of KOSSUTH hero of the 1848 Revolution.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Statue of the 'Pest youth' at the entrance to Corvin Lane, the work of Lajos GYÖRFI.
Katalin JANOSI painter, granddaughter of Imre NAGY (Hungarian Prime Minister in October 1956).
Arpad GONCZ President of the Hungarian Republic.
In the background : a portrait of KOSSUTH hero of the 1848 Revolution.
Austro-Hungarian border.
On the road to Andau bridge.
Austro-Hungarian border, near Andau bridge.
During the 1956 revolution, about 150.000 Hungarian refugees crossed this bridge. 67.000 stayed in Austria.
Near Koezarsasag square.
Memorial erected in remembrance of a combatant who was shot during 1956 uprising.
This combatant with a wooden leg has been photog
Hongrie. Budapest.1998.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. At the request of photographer Erich LESSING, who had know them forty-two years earlier, the surviving members of the Petöfi Circle met...
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1998. Gergely PONGRATZ. The Former commander of the Corvin Group of combatants sits outside the former Corvin Lane headquarters. Pongratz wa
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