Witness History
Witness History
The end of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising
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November 4, 2021
10 minutes
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On November 4th 1956 Soviet tanks rolled into the Hungarian capital Budapest, crushing the country's short-lived popular uprising against Soviet rule. Nick Thorpe spoke to Miklos Gimes who was just six years old when the end of the revolution sent his father to his death, and Miklos and his mother into exile.
This programme is a rebroadcast.
Photo: Soviet tanks on the streets of Budapest. Credit: Getty Images.