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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. Triumphant insurgents burn posters and leaflets in front of the conquered AVH Headquarters in Budapest.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. Disabled heavy assault guns ISU-152 on Joszef Koerut in downtown Budapest. In the background a T-34 tank.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the just-conquered Budapest Headquarters of the Communist Hungarian Working People's Party.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the Budapest Headquarters of the Communist "Hungarian Working People's Party" insurgents burn Soviet flags.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the Budapest Headquarters of the Communist "Hungarian Working People's Party" insurgents burn Soviet flags.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. The insurgents have unfurled the Hungarian national flag in a window of the Budapest Headquarters of the Hungarian Communist Working People's Party.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A dead AVH-man, killed during the storming of the Headquarters of the Communist Hungarian Working People's Party, is decked out with a picture of Rakosi.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A dead AVH-man, killed during the storming of the Headquarters of the Communist Hungarian Working People's Party, is decked out with a picture of Rakosi.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. Janos Mesz, "Janos of the wooden leg", one of the leaders of the insurgents'group in Corvin Lane. Mesz lost his leg in a railroad accident. He was fatally wounded on November 4th.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. Janos Mesz, "Janos of the wooden leg", one of the leaders of the insurgents'group in Corvin Lane, standing at the Erkel Theatre on Republic Square (Köztarsasag ter) on October 30, 1956. Mesz lost his leg in a railroad accident. He was fatally wounded on November 4th.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A patrol of insurgents in downtown Budapest.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

Under Hungarian Communism, Protestants, Catholics and Jews were fairly free in the exercise of their religion. Some leaders of the churches were imprisoned. The Archbishop of Kalocza, Joszef Groesz, shortly after his release from prison. Budapest, 1956
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Under Hungarian Communism, Protestants, Catholics and Jews were fairly free in t...