On October 23, 1956, the revolution broke out in Hungary. The demands for the withdrawal of the Soviet army, which had occupied the country since 1945, and the change of the oppressive communist regime. The peaceful demonstration turned into an armed struggle on October 23, and the rebels in Budapest fought not only against the oppressive forces of the regime, but also against the Soviet troops entering the capital.
Between 1957 and 1989, it was dangerous to own photos taken during the 1956 revolution. Nevertheless, many people kept such photos hidden. The photographs of the 1956 Revolution are a testimony of a nation's love for freedom and its attempt to free itself from the Soviet sphere of influence almost seventy years ago, and how these visual memories became monuments of personal resistance following the defeat of the Revolution. The exhibition offers a selection of photographs from 1956 from the historical photo collection of the Hungarian National Museum, gathered after the regime change in 1989.