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American Hungarian Library and Historical Society Established in 1955, we are committed to spark and satisfy interest in Hungarian culture - Opening hours: Thursday 3 PM - 7 PM, Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM

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70 years ago today, on October 23, 1956, the revolution began with students marching through Budapest.By the evening, wo...
10/23/2026

70 years ago today, on October 23, 1956, the revolution began with students marching through Budapest.

By the evening, workers and ordinary Hungarians had joined them, demanding freedom, and the first shots were fired at the Hungarian Radio.

They stood up to tanks, and although the revolution was crushed, what it stood for lived on. It showed the world that people will not stop asking for freedom.

We are marking 70 years with exhibitions, lectures, and screenings. Find all upcoming events on our website:
https://www.hungarianlibrary.org/projects-8

Today, 2:00 PM: Wreath laying at the Kossuth statue in New York, commemorating 70 years since the 1956 Hungarian Revolut...
10/23/2026

Today, 2:00 PM: Wreath laying at the Kossuth statue in New York, commemorating 70 years since the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Speech by Olivér Fodor.

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Book Launch | Somogyi Balázs: Életem (My Life)The life story of a 1956 medical student, orthopedic surgeon, and pillar o...
10/19/2026

Book Launch | Somogyi Balázs: Életem (My Life)

The life story of a 1956 medical student, orthopedic surgeon, and pillar of the Hungarian diaspora, told in prose and verse.

Presented by Emese Latkóczy, Executive Director of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) & Zsolt Németh, Member of Parliament and founder of the Kisebbségekért – Pro Minoritate Foundation, publisher of the book.

Oct 22 | 4 PM
Register here: https://www.hungarianlibrary.org/event-details/book-launch-somogyi-balazs-eletem

10/17/2026

Béla Lipták was a Technical University student when the 1956 Revolution broke out. He took part, escaped, and arrived in the U.S. as a refugee the same year.

He became an engineer, wrote a handbook on automation that is now in its 5th edition, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Automation in 2012.

Watch his story from The Memory Project: https://memoryproject.online/bela-liptak/

Full video on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/6wONpl3sF-I

10/10/2026

Balázs Somogyi had just started medical school when the revolution broke out in October 1956. He spent those days at a clinic with his father, caring for the wounded, both Hungarian and Soviet.

By February 1957 the family was in Vancouver, and later in New York, where they became part of the Hungarian community and led the Hungária dance troupe for more than twenty years.

Watch his story from The Memory Project: https://memoryproject.online/balazs-somogyi/

Full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wmHH67Kkd00

10/04/2026

As part of our 70th anniversary commemoration of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, we’re collaborating with the Memory Project (Memory Project: Visual History Archive of Hungarian Emigration) to share a series of personal interviews with community members who lived through 1956 and its aftermath.

The Memory Project was founded in 2015 by Andrea Lauer Rice and Réka Pigniczky. It’s a collection of interviews with Hungarian Americans who came to the U.S. after WWII and the 1956 Revolution.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing clips from these conversations here on our page.

Watch the whole video on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Pd8a1xx4c

This year marks 70 years since the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, a moment that shaped not only Hungary's history, but the s...
10/01/2026

This year marks 70 years since the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, a moment that shaped not only Hungary's history, but the story of our own community here in New York, built in large part by those who fled in its aftermath. It also marks 60 years since the founding of the Hungarian House, our home for six decades of gathering, remembrance, and celebration.​

To honor both milestones, we've put together a season of events dedicated to 1956 – exhibitions, lectures, conversations, and screenings – that look back at the revolution through history, photography, personal memory, and the people who lived it.

We hope you’ll join us as we remember, reflect, and keep these stories alive for future generations.

Explore the full program and registration details at: https://www.hungarianlibrary.org/projects-8

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