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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This page provides links to sites commemorating the event or providing resources for research.
1956 Digital Archive (http://www.osa.ceu.hu/digitalarchive/)
Sponsored by the Open Society Archives. In English and Hungarian.
1956.lap.hu (http://1956.lap.hu)
In cooperation with startlap.hu. Links to sites, films, books, and presents a who's who of the Revolution. In Hungarian.
www.19562006.hu (http://www.19562006.hu)
Calendar of official activites planned to commemorate the events of October 23-November 4, 1956. Includes a visual survey of films over the years connected with the Revolution. In Hungarian, some English.
1956 személyesen (http://www.1956.hu/index3.html)
Vignettes of participants in the Revolution. In Hungarian.
Bridging the Divide. Canadian and Hungarian Stories of the 1956 Revolution. (http://www.ontheglobe.com/welcome/bridgingthedivide.htm)
Interviews conducted throughout Canada and Hungary of fifteen pairs of family members who were forced to live apart over the course of the following half century. In English and Hungarian.
Digital 1956 Archive (http://www.osa.ceu.hu/digitalarchive/)
Links to declassified intelligence documents, RFE/RL reports and surveys from that time, refugee interviews, excerpts from films, and more. From the Open Society Archives. In English and Hungarian.
Freedom Fighters 56 (http://www.freedomfighter56.com)
Provides personal accounts of the Revolution, as well as an interactive, role-playing game. In English and Hungarian.
House of Terror Museum (http://www.terrorhaza.hu)
Museum devoted to publicizing the crimes of the Nazi and Communist regimes in Hungary
Hungaria.org ( http://www.hungaria.org/1956/)
A few texts about 1956, including Béla Lipták's A Testament of Revolution (2001), in English and Hungarian.
Hungary 1956 (http://www.hungary1956.com)
Information about events in the US commemorating the Revolution. Site created by the American Hungarian Federation.
Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (http://www.rev.hu/portal/page/portal/rev/aktualitasok)
This organization collects documents and undertakes research about the Revolution. In English and Hungarian.
Poznan-Budapest 1956: Common Roads to Freedom (http://www.1956.pl)
A multi-media presentation illustrating the connection between the Polish uprising in Poznan in June 1956 and the Hungarian Revolution in October. Sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Films about the Revolution
Journey Home: A Story from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (http://www.56films.com)
A documentary film by Réva Pigniczky. A story of two sisters attempting to find out their late father's role in the events of 1956.
Torn from the Flag (http://www.klaudiainc.com/pages/UPCOMINGproject.html)
An English-language documentary, with interviews with not only the freedom fighters but also Russian soldiers, UN officials, Marine guards at the US Embassy, etc. Filmmakers include Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs.
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