There were also often shortages of food and fuel in Hungary in 1956. July 1956 The USSR orders Hungarian Prime Minister Matyas Rakosi to be replaced by Erno Gero, known for his hardline views.

But despite their eventual defeat, the Hungarian rebels of 1956 inflicted what would come to be known as "the first tear" in the Iron Curtain. Today, the exact locations of many of the most iconic ...

Adrien Brody's mother, photographer Sylvia Plachy, was born in Budapest and left Hungary for the US after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Brody was born to her and professor Elliot Brody in New ...

Reflecting on his deep connection to Hungary, which predates the film, Adrien Brody shared that his mother, Sylvia Plachy was born in Budapest and forced to flee as a young girl during the Hungarian ...

The Warsaw Pact meant that the USSR controlled Hungarian foreign policy. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, made a ‘Secret Speech’ in February 1956 which criticised the previous Soviet ...