A week from today Hungary will mark the sixty-third anniversary of the failed 1956 uprising against Soviet occupation and its Stalinist regime. October 23rd is a national holiday here; the date commemorates the first day of the protests that triggered the eventual armed rebellion against communist oppression.
The wall painting below was created three years ago on the sixtieth anniversary of the event. I find the simple caption above the shattering red star quite moving. Attributed to Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, the line reads - "The people said: That's enough!"
I imagine many great and noble struggles have their origins in that simple phrase.
The wall painting below was created three years ago on the sixtieth anniversary of the event. I find the simple caption above the shattering red star quite moving. Attributed to Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, the line reads - "The people said: That's enough!"
I imagine many great and noble struggles have their origins in that simple phrase.
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