The House of Terror Museum welcomes visitors with a variety of programs on the occasion of the national holiday on October 23. With special guided tours and history lessons, museum education activities, film screenings, outdoor exhibitions, and candle lighting, they will commemorate the heroes and victims of the 1956 revolution and war of independence.
Several special history lessons have already been held this week, and students are also welcome on October 17, 21, and 22. In addition to the lectures, museum education activities will also be held from 9 a.m. As part of the lectures, historians from the House of Terror Museum, the 20th Century Institute, and the Institute for the Study of Communism will present lesser-known aspects of the history of the 1956 revolution and war of independence.
Photo: Fortepan / Virány László
The sessions will teach students about the role of women in the revolution, the place of 1956 in pop culture, and the international context of 1956. The symbols of the revolution and war of independence will be discussed, as well as the guerrilla warfare tactics of the boys and girls of Pest.
The life of István Angyal, one of the heroes of the revolution and war of independence, will be presented, as well as what and how the Kádár dictatorship wrote about the 1956 revolution in its history books. Students will also hear a lecture on the connection between the captain of the Golden Team, Öcsi Puskás (renowned football player: Ferenc Puskás – editor’s note), and the 1956 revolution and war of independence.
During the museum’s educational sessions, the museum’s historians will present to students the role of doctors in 1956, everyday life during the revolution, the world of show trials, and the most important Hungarian sporting events of 1956. During the 45-minute sessions, contemporary documents, original artifacts, photographs, and motion pictures bring the history of 1956 to life.
On Monday, October 20, well-known athletes, actors, musicians, and singers will give special guided tours to high school students. They will recall their family memories of totalitarian dictatorships and the 1956 revolution, and talk about their own experiences and impressions.
On October 23, the museum will be open free of charge during its regular opening hours, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. In addition to the permanent exhibition, visitors can also view the temporary exhibition entitled Great Crimes Require Great Ideas!, which presents the works of artist and painter Sam Havadtoy, as well as the film Játsszunk nyugodtan! (Let’s Play Calmly!), which tells the story of Hungary from the end of World War II through the revolution, to the change of regime through the life story of Ferenc Puskás, captain of the Golden Team.
The announcement highlighted that in connection with the national holiday, a bilingual Hungarian-English outdoor exhibition entitled 1956 – For Freedom and Independence will also open on the promenade in front of the House of Terror Museum.
The street exhibition pays tribute to the memory of the heroes and commemorates one of the most important events in our national history, the 1956 revolution and war of independence. The narrative texts, images, and quotations on the panels recall the most important events of 1956. They draw attention to the fact that the House of Terror Museum’s street exhibition, entitled Would We Have Forgotten?, organized in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Communism, is still on display on Csengery Street, commemorating the victims of the communist dictatorship.
Visitors can light candles throughout the day at the Wall of Heroes in front of the museum to commemorate the heroes and victims of the 1956 revolution and war of independence, the announcement concludes.
Via MTI; Featured image: Facebook/Terror Háza Múzeum / House of Terror Museum
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