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Hungarian Uprising
In October 1956 students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule - and for a while the revolutionaries were in control.
In October 1956 students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule in Hungary. The demonstrations turned violent and for a while the revolutionaries were in control. Witness hears one former student's story.
(Photo: November 10, 1956 - A crowd of people surround the demolished head of a statue of Josef Stalin, including Daniel Sego, the man who cut off the head, during the Hungarian Revolt, Budapest, Hungary.)
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