Erich Lessing. Hungarian Revolution. Budapest. 1956

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A group of Hungarian freedom fighters patrol ruined streets during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

Instead of retelling the hungarian revolution of 1848 over and over again

We should use the Roman method and put a knife in the dictator or something

Spice it up a little

Hungarian-Americans march up Fifth Avenue on November 4, 1956 in what was called a “March of Mourning” for those dead in the failed revolt against the Soviet Union. Many carry signs, such as the one in foreground, “Communist murderers get out of Hungary.” The marchers are at 57th street, walking south on Fifth Avenue.

Photo: Associated Press

A disembodied statue of Joseph Stalin's head on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution, 1956

Stalin’s monument was torn down on October 23, 1956, by enraged anti-Soviet crowds during Hungary’s October Revolution.

Stalin’s boots, Fifty-six square, Budapest, 1956. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

Silk, oil, jam and petrol - practical & affordable ways to destroy a soviet tank

My contribution to the nonexistent Hungarian Revolution Fandom.

Már eltelt egy hét. Csinálhatunk Most vagy Soha fanartot!

Erich Lessing. Hungarian Revolution. Budapest. 1956

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Soviet IS-3 rapidly disassembled during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

15yr old Jewish revolutionary, Erika Kornélia Szelesand, armed with a PPSh-41 was a freedom-fighter and nurse during the Hungarian Revolution against the Soviet Union in 1956.

Her photo was taken by Danish photographer Vagn Hansen, her photo graced the covers of several European magazines. She was killed by Soviet/Russian troops a week later, on November 7th, 1956, the 14th day of the revolution.

A group of young Hungarian refugees on board the naval carrier General Walker, which transported almost two thousand people to New York, February 15, 1957. They came to the U.S. as part of one of the largest groups of refugees through a sea bridge set up by the government. Once docked, everyone was taken to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, for immigration processing.

Photo: Anthony Camerano for the AP via Maimanohaz

Rest of the World 🤝 Hungarians

Stabbing some bitches

Gellért Hotel, St. Gellért square, Budapest, 1956. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

An anti-communist revolutionary holds a Molotov cocktail behind his back during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

Richard III is one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, often cited as the basis for the King’s reputation as a scheming murderer. But what do the Bard’s history plays tell us about the period they are set in and how that era was viewed in Shakespeare’s time? Are there allusions to Elizabethan figures in Richard III that Shakespeare knew his viewers would understand?

In this edition of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis heads to Stratford-upon-Avon to catch up with director Greg Doran and Arthur Hughes - the first actor with a disability to play Richard III in a major production - to talk about the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of the iconic play.