Magyar News, 1993. szeptember-1994. augusztus (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1993-11-01 / 3. szám
Bridgeport, November 1993 Monthly Publication in Cooperation of the local Hungarian Churches & Organization OCTOBER 23,1956 NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN Youngsters of Budapest at a historic time. by Béla Lipták Mr. Bela Liptak was an active participant of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Marching through the streets of Budapest he carried a Hungarian flag with the hole in it. This was the symbol of the Revolution. Today he still has this original flag in his home in Stamford, CT. Editor Mine is a lucky generation: we were there, we have seen the miracle. For us it is not history, it is a piece of our life, an event which has changed us and changed the World. Those days made us what we are today. We have known the children who faced down the tanks, we have known the true, the only Saints of the 20th century. We hoped for the impossible and never lost our faith. Yes, I know that none of this is new. Yes, I also know that today’s Hungarians are not interested in those heroic days. It is still worth while to recall those days when the nation was a family, when our souls were unconquerable, when we dared to dream the impossible. For this reason we should never forget the heroic Davids who mortally wounded the Goliath of tyranny in 1956. October 23, 1956, Tuesday at 2 p.m. And finally the gates of the Technical University slowly open and arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder we explode onto the square. The national tricolor is flying, I am all choked up, my heart is in my mouth, I have the shivers, I have never lived through such a moment. The effect on Saint Gellert square is indescribable. The streetcars and buses come to a screeching stop, the people freeze into sculptural groups, their bodies are stiff, their eyes grow wider, they stare bewitched at the miracle. An old lady crosses herself and then starts to cry. A gray gentleman takes off his hat and stands to attention. (Continued on page 3) The symbol of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the Hungarian flag with a hole in it, at the Corvin Köz, in Budapest.
