Hungarians remember Imre Nagy, hero of ’56, as Orban tightens grip
Sunday’s ceremony comes as PM stands accused of trying to rewrite Hungarian history
Only a few hundred people were present to commemorate the anniversary of the execution of Imre Nagy on Sunday morning in Budapest, a far cry from 30 years ago when his reburial drew more than 100,000 people to the city’s Heroes Square.
Nagy, a communist reformer, had wanted to implement a less hardline version of communism, but Moscow sent in tanks in 1956 to crush the revolt. He was arrested and hanged on 16 June 1958.