Sixty years ago to the day the world watched in awe and horror as Hungarians took to the streets and rose up against the Soviet Union.
What began as a student uprising soon turned into a major revolt against Moscow's rule in the eastern bloc.
Within a matter of weeks however, Hungary's revolution would be brutally crushed.
Ferenc Vogyerák was 18 years old in 1956 and was studying in Budapest when he heard about the uprising.
"Those were really revolutionary times. And here, after this, …
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