World FigureheadsSeventy Years On, Hungary Still Cannot Decide Where to Put Imre Nagy
On 23 October 1956 a crowd in Budapest called for Imre Nagy, a loyal communist who became the face of a revolt, was hanged for it, and is still being moved around the city.
Tomás Ferreira · October 20, 2026
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