One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy more books like this

by Paul Lendvai, Ann Major (Translator)

On October 23, 1956, a popular uprising against Soviet rule swept through Hungary like a force of nature, only to be mercilessly crushed by Soviet tanks twelve days later. Only now, fifty years after those harrowing events, can the full story be told. This book is a powerful eyewitness account and a gripping history of the uprising in Hungary that ...

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Anna Teller more books like this

by Jo Sinclair

A novel about a Jewish-Hungarian family in Europe and the United States. Anna lives through the rise of Hitler, the Nazi occupation, the Hungarian revolt of 1956, and the immigration of her son to America.

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Refugee Child: My Memories of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution more books like this

by Bobbie Kalman, Barbara Bedell (Illustrator)

Part memoir, part history, this compelling and inspiring book is a detailed look at the 1956 Hungarian Revolution through the eyes of a nine year old refugee girl.

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Twelve Days: Revolution 1956: How the Hungarians Tried to Topple Their Soviet Masters more books like this

by Victor Sebestyen

The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers. The determination of the Hungarians to resist the ...

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Hungary 1956: Forty Years on more books like this

by Terry Cox (Editor)

This collection of new articles offers a retrospective view of the events of the 1956 revolution in Hungary, the consequences they have had for Hungary's political development since, and the significance of 1956 in current Hungarian politics. Different articles draw on the findings of various kinds of research, including work in documentary and ...

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The Hungarian Revolution: A White Book more books like this

by Melvin J. Lasky (Editor)

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Revolution in Hungary: The 1956 Budapest Uprising more books like this

by George Konrad (Text by), Francois Fejto (Text by), Nicolas Bauquet (Text by)

On 23 October, 1956, what began as a mass rally in Bem Square, Budapest, quickly evolved into the Hungarian Revolution. It lasted until 4 November, when the Soviet tanks rolled in. Up to 50,000 Hungarians and 7,000 Soviets were killed, and thousands were injured. Erich Lessing, who found himself in the thick of the action, documented the cruelly ...

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Repression and Resistance in Communist Europe more books like this

by Jason Sharman

This book explores the role of coercion in the relationship between the citizens and regimes of communist Eastern Europe. Looking in detail at Soviet collectivisation in 1928-34, the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the Polish Solidarity Movement of 1980-84, it shows how the system excluded channels to enable popular grievances to be translated into ...

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Budapest 1956: a history of the Hungarian revolution more books like this

by Miklós Molnár

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1956 counter-revolution in Hungary : words and weapons more books like this

by János Berecz

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Imagining Postcommunism: Visual Narratives of Hungary's 1956 Revolution more books like this

by Beverly A James

Although the 1956 Hungarian uprising failed to liberate the country from Soviet domination, it became a symbol of freedom for people throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. Labeling the events a counter-revolution, communist authorities exacted revenge in two years of terror and intimidation. Then, for the next thirty years, they pursued a policy of ...

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The Hungarian Workers' Councils in 1956 more books like this

by Bill Lomax (Editor)

Distinguished British expert Bill Lomax brings together this international collection of studies about the Hungarian Workers' Councils in the year of the Hungarian Revolution. It is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to this aspect of the events of 1956.

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Shooting star more books like this

by David Brierley

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Guiding Stars more books like this

by Julius Ling

A novel about young love in communist Hungary.

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Hungary's fight for freedom; a special report in pictures. more books like this

by Life (Chicago) [from old catalog]

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Eye-witness in Hungary : the Soviet invasion of 1956 more books like this

by Bill Lomax

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Hungary 1956 more books like this

by Paula Hihnala, Olli Vehviläinen

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Nagy Imre élete és halála more books like this

by Tibor Méray

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Au nom de la classe ouvričre : les mémoires du préfet de police de Budapest en 1956 more books like this

by Sándor Kopácsi, Tibor Tardos

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Homeless in the world. more books like this

by Miklós Szabó

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