This selection presents portraits and stories of participants in the 1956 Revolution and their international supporters.

one does not shoot at the wounded
Béres Iván

we set off for the barracks
Bocskay T. József

I was given a gun
Bük János

we lay by the railway
Dibáczi Lajos

you won't be shot dead
Dilinkó Gábor

they came for me, interrupting the wedding
Dobrosi Lajos

the whole jail will run away
Fónay Jenő

the bastard is about to shoot
Gazdagh Sándor

smashed my face in with a nightstick
Hrozova Erzsébet

the one who hurt me is still in my mind's eye
Lucza Béla

take no advice or help from a communist soldier
Márton András

Hey, little girl, what are you doing here?
Márton Erzsébet

end up under the gallows
Obersovszky Gyula

Am I a hero or a murderer?
Peredi László

I automatically started shooting because they were firing at me
Puchert János

Actually, saving lives is very hard physical labour
Sebestyén Mariann
