69 anni fa oggi, nelle strade di Budapest scoppiarono massicce proteste, che in seguito sarebbero state conosciute come l’inizio della rivoluzione ungherese del 1956
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di LeviJr00
69 anni fa oggi, nelle strade di Budapest scoppiarono massicce proteste, che in seguito sarebbero state conosciute come l’inizio della rivoluzione ungherese del 1956
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di LeviJr00
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And look at it now, especially at its magnificent collaboration with its friends, the other EU states…
The revolution never ended. There are still remnants of former USSR influence haunting them.
On 23 October, people of Budapest took to the streets to protest against the tyrannic regime of Ernő Gerő and his cabinet. The small protest turned into a massive protest, which frightened Ernő Gerő (Secretary of State), who along with his cabinet fled from the parliament (later he would broadcast on radio that “he did nothing wrong, and the revolutionaries are a bunch of fascists”).
On this day, the iconic symbol of the revolution was born: a Hungarian flag with the “Rákosi Emblem” cut out. At 6 PM, the crowd gathered at the HUGE 8 meter high 6 ton heavy Stalin Statue, and took it down. They now had their momentum, and they would use it in the following days to take the radio by force and make their voice heard across the world. The revolution had started.
On this day we also honour the people who defended our nation against the communists; 20.000 Hungarians died in the invasion that commenced on 4 November. Rest in peace, our Heroes! 🇭🇺🕊️
The fact that physical violence is abhorred in protests and used for more oppression, but the systemic violence that affects millions of people over decades is somehow “necessary” is the biggest manipulation operation governments and the rich have ever successfully done.
Nice.
The sight of the Hungarian secret police being strung up outside the embassy played a pretty significant role in developing Yuri Andropov’s paranoia later in his career.
This event was branded a “counter-revolution” by the communist party of my country. Shame on us.
I love an anecdote popular in Hungary. Hungarians and Poles were historically very close, share history, and love for both nations. They also have a “holiday” Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day on March 23rd. And since today, we have a putin-loving pos as a prime-minister and hismparty, people like to ask “When is a Russian- Hungarian Friendship Day? On October 23rd”.
Luckily they got themselves a russia loving dictator again
Shame it happened pretty close to the Suez canal crisis, so in the end the revolution have been overshadowed by that event pretty much, which allowed the USSR to roll in and end it swiftly
Austria took in thousands of Hungarian refugees. Shame Hungarians seem to be the most anti refugees now.