QR: Donate via Zeffy Support this work →

Hungarian Online Resources

est. 1993 by UMCP Hungarian American Student Association

Support this work → · Támogassa a honlapot!

1956-os Forradalom — October 23 National Day

A Defiant Protester: October 23, 2006

October 23, 2006, Budapest: a photo sequence of one protester in traditional dress — vest, red shirt, and hat — caught up in the clashes marking the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution. Photos: Lukács Csaba (Magyar Nemzet).

Protester standing defiant amid tear gas smoke, October 23, 2006

Protester with arms spread, Hungarian flags and tear gas smoke behind him

Riot police turned water cannons loaded with green dye on the crowd to mark demonstrators for later identification.

Water cannon spraying green dye over a protester

The same protester, dyed green by the water cannon

Portrait of the protester in traditional vest and hat

The protester adjusting his vest

The protester walking across the street

The protester raising a cloth overhead

Behind him, a giant “lyukas zászló” — the Hungarian tricolor with the Soviet-era coat of arms cut out, the defining flag of 1956 — hangs over the square, fifty years on.

Protester walking toward the camera with a giant lyukas zászló (hole-flag) banner in the background

He is seen again further along the march, arm-in-arm with fellow demonstrators — some masked against tear gas and camera identification — as riot police, many without visible identification badges, moved in to break up the crowd.

Tüntető a tömeggel, maszkos fiatalok között, 2006. október 23.

A tüntető karonfogva egy társával a menetben.

He was struck and left bleeding from a head wound.

A tüntető vérző arccal, a rendőri fellépés után.

Közeli portré a tüntetőről, vérző sebbel az arcán.

Photos: Lukács Csaba (Magyar Nemzet), October 23, 2006.