16th OF JUNE, 1989, 7:30 A.M. (Hungary, 1989)

The Hungarian Revolution broke out in 1956. The Hungarians wished to see the back of the Stalinist regime in their country and wanted the reformist Imre Nagy as their new prime minister. That became the rationale for the Russian invasion of their country. Imre Nagy was executed and the invaders installed Janos Kadar, a puppet of Moscow, as the new leader. When in the second half of the 1980s the Russian leader Gorbachov eased his grip on the East Bloc, Hungary was the first to sack Kadar and finally – ever so cautiously – move toward reforms. In the summer of 1989, on June 16, to be exact, Imre Nagy, together with five other heroes of the Revolution received an official reinterment on Heroes’ Square, in Budapest. More than 100,000 people attended the ceremonies in the square. Several million more followed the reinterment on television.