Tanks on the Grand Boulevard of Budapest
We present previously unseen photographs from November 1956 from our collection. These amateur photos, taken in downtown Budapest, depict the days of the revolution from a unique perspective.
1956
On 1956 – from twelve years later
Fifty-five years ago, in 1968, the streets of Prague were witnessing a similar scene to that of Budapest in the autumn of 1956. Otto von Habsburg followed the events in Czechoslovakia as closely as he had followed the revolution in Hungary twelve years before. The former heir to the throne, like other analysts, made a comparison between the two events early on.
About ’56 – 56 years ago
The document published below is an assessment of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 written by Otto von Habsburg in 1966.
Study on Otto von Habsburg and the 1956 Revolution
The study of our colleague Gergely Fejérdy titled “Otto von Habsburg and the 1956 Revolution” was published in the journal Századok of the Hungarian Historical Society.
