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History > Cold War > 1956 > Hungary > Revolution
warning: graphic / distressing
Col Pal Maleter, 36 and two metres (6ft 6in) tall, defected to the rebels when he was told to take five tanks to fight them, making him a national hero
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution – in pictures
Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal G Thu 10 Nov 2016 07.30 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/nov/10/
A woman and a man being brought out from the AVH building
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution – in pictures Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal G Thu 10 Nov 2016 07.30 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/nov/10/
This woman was thought to be collaborating with the AVH.
She was attacked in the street. One of the rebels put her on a bus standing nearby, and although there were shouts of ‘no prisoners’ she was apparently spared
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution – in pictures Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal G Thu 10 Nov 2016 07.30 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/nov/10/
The body of a member of the Soviet security police, who was beaten to death
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution – in pictures Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal G Thu 10 Nov 2016 07.30 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/nov/10/
The Hungarian security police face their captors, after protesting their innocence
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution – in pictures Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal G Thu 10 Nov 2016 07.30 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/nov/10/
The second of a series of shots showing an execution at close range.
All those pictured were killed, except the man in the upper right corner, who was protesting his innocence
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution – in pictures Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal G Thu 10 Nov 2016 07.30 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/nov/10/
Hungary revolution
Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule
https://www.bbc.com/news/
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/oct/31/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/28/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/21/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/23/
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/22/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/19/
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/oct/12/1
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1956/nov/05/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/1956/nov/05/
October 26, 1956
Mosonmagyarovar massacre
https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/oct/12/1
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