hungarian revolution - part 2

Part 2

The following presentation contains photos that might be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.

It lasted less than three weeks, from Oct. 23 until

Nov. 10, but the Hungarian Revolution that convulsed Budapest and the rest of Hungary in late 1956 sent

shock waves through eastern and central Europe that reverberated for decades.

More than a few historians, in fact, cite the popular revolt as the first rip in the Cold War’s Iron Curtain.

Rebels shoot vainly at an observation craft flying over Jozsef Circle. Soviet jet planes also . . . strafed the streets in support of the Soviet ground forces.

Rebels in the city square discussing their strategies.

Rebels firing on Soviet troops during the Revolution.

Hungarian rebel during a street battle.

Hungarian rebels with machine guns.

"On a man's mission, Pal Pruck, 15, was one of the many brave teen-agers who fought in the rebellion. He is standing in a rubble-strewn Budapest street."

Firing at secret police, insurgents emplace old machine gun in a doorway on Rakoczi Avenue, where they had taken hasty refuge from police.

A scene at a barricaded hospital room.

Hungarian rebel fighters.

Street justice meted out by the Hungarian rebel fighters.

A street scene in Budapest.

Death and destruction in the streets of Budapest.

Hungarian rebel fighters.

Death and destruction in the streets of Budapest.

A young Hungarian, one of a crowd of 400 which came to the U.S. Embassy to demand U.N. help for their cause, grimly grits out the words of his country's stirring song, 'Magyars rise, your country calls you.' The police cleared the square with rifle butts and the sound of singing died.

Burying the dead.

A reaction to the carnage on the streets of Budapest.

Graves of Hungarian freedom fighters lie in the same cemetery with the Russian dead but are covered with offerings of flowers and wreaths.

Budapest.

Carrying flags of old Hungary and singing a patriotic song, Budapest women march in honor of men who died fighting communists.

THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

NEVER ENDS