The Hungarian Uprising
In October 1956 students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule in Hungary. Peter Pallai was among the rebels.
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 before being brutally repressed. Ed Butler spoke in 2010 to one of the rebels, Peter Pallai.
(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.)
(Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)
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