How Hungary Almost Beat the USSR

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

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[@thebasedspectre3048]

My balls hurt

[@JmKrokY]

Estoniaball funny

[@Mishamaru8773]

@@JmKrokYagreed

[@antifacho9294]

Nazi coolaborators killing communists in Budapest, do ur research

[@peternagy6067]

Make a vid about Mecseki Láthatatlanok. They were Hungarian guerillas near Pécs fighting the Soviets and eventually escaping to Yugoslavia.

[@airbender9584]

As a hungarian its really nice to see an american serbian guy with partly magyar ancestry to make such funny but also educational videos about central europe and the balkans, it just warms my heart. Keep it up János! Btw János if u speak hungarian at a higher level I recommend u the videos of Kun Miklós, he is a very good historian who makes really really interesting, but highly educational videos mainly about the USSR and Hungary (fun fac: he is the grandson of former communist leader Kun Béla, and is a well respected intellectual of our post commie time).

[@seb_1504]

He lives in Serbia not america

[@svetlana7579]

akkor ezért volt ismerős a vezetékneve! tudom nem nekem szólt az ajánlás, de attól még köszönöm!

[@kornelfugedi9283]

Yeah This Realy fell good

[@KartingRules]

@@seb_1504 he was born in the US

[@WretchedRedoran]

@@KartingRules Whoa, really?

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

3 prisoners sit in a cell and are asking each other why they are in. One says: "I'm in here because I insulted László Rajk!" The second one says: "I also insulted László Rajk!" To which, the third one says: "I AM László Rajk."

[@vinder3132]

Change "László Rajk" to "Gomółka" and you have a joke about polish communist leader, except the second would say that he endorsed him

[@gargamel3478]

@@vinder3132 *Gomułka. "gomółka" is a regular noun, while his surname is "Gomułka" with an 'u'.

[@someguycalledcerberus9805]

"Ah, if only Rajk could have lived to see our protest! He would have loved to order a volley into us! 😩"

[@velvetthunder96]

Amazing video. Thank you in the name of all the Hungarians who didn't forget history yet.

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Thank you!

[@Rakurasag]

To all who doesnt know: its around 2,5$ Yeah, inflation sucks

[@velvetthunder96]

@@Rakurasag basically a cup of coffee at a fairly average coffee shop in Budapest 🥲

[@Phenix1234HD]

Amazing video as always. It's a shame that the Hungarian Revolt of 56 is not more widely publicized.

[@vickru2133]

You know whats a shame? Magyars sucking Russian 🐓 now

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Ayy thank you so much!

[@aniko-8236]

Erről külföldön nem tudnak?Az Amerikaiak bátorították a fiatalokat a rádión keresztül,hogy harcoljanak a Szovjet katonákkal,kezdjék el, aztán ők jönnek és segítenek! Soha nem jöttek!A Szovjetek viszont jöttek teljes erővel.Rengeteg fiatalt, iskolásokat akasztottak fel és ítéltek halálra.Nagy megtorlás volt.Amerikában nem szabad megbízni.Ukrajnával ugyanezt csinálja mint velünk akkor.Sokan fognak még meghalni mert nem tanulnak a mi hibánkból. Egy szuperhatalom szomszédjának nincs választása!

[@triponthemoon233]

Ahogy Trianon sem...

[@Phenix1234HD]

@@aniko-8236 Did you forget to take your pills? Or are you salty that the russians are loosing?

[@KartingRules]

Janos trying to make his subscribers simp more for Hungary part 54

[@KartingRules]

(Me included)

[@shrek9025]

ugy kell azt

[@ertefbo]

Te kiszámoltad azt hogy ez az 54-ik rész?

[@EnglishOrthodox]

Subscribers: oh cool, Hungary Janos: HORTHY MI-

[@taiscommentingaccountusedf1908]

Honestly Very based

[@manwiththeredface7821]

Also many Hungarians fighting knew a female friend or relative who was r^p€d back in 1945 by soviet soldiers during the "liberation" of the country. That kind of personal grudge never goes away.

[@apr0l]

ruzzians don't change

[@AnalniyBandit]

A yea and we remember that you executed our brothers and sisters, so are still victim?

[@AnalniyBandit]

@@apr0l and retards like you are borning in the world.

[@u2beuser714]

​@@apr0limagine thinking that current russia is communist or in anyway resembles the soviet union

[@Vuosta]

@@u2beuser714 He was talking about how they are still raping people en masse in places they are supposedly "liberating"

[@boomerix]

My grandfather spent 2 years in prison after the revolt as he was one the students who took part. If he wouldn't have had some influential friends who gave false testimony for him, I'd probably wouldn't exist today.

[@ReySchultz121]

Your old old man liked to fuck around, i'll say that. Sounds like a crazy life.

[@domonkosszabo398]

My then 12y old grandfather was shot at multiple times for collecting bullet casings

[@tamply3]

based

[@captain_hammer]

The brutality of the Soviets during the Hungarian Revolt caused many communists in Western countries to cut ties with the Soviets or rethink their ideology altogether. The term "tankie" was popularised around this time by British socialists/communists to refer to any of their members who didn't condemn the actions of the Red Army Edit: I just thought it's interesting that a word used so much online today originated in the 50s

[@sekur5548]

Exactly, very interesting

[@tomgu2285]

Yep.

[@richpryor9650]

Not the decades of Gulags, imperialism, or forced migrations. Just this one event did it for them. Very telling.

[@imjustapotatoleavemealone]

​@@richpryor9650 You can explain the imprisonment of some "terrorist". You can't explain, when the 'terrorist"s are a whole nation.

[@richpryor9650]

@@imjustapotatoleavemealone Tankie really putting the dictator in the dictatorship over the proletariat

[@Levi0725]

Small note: The Spanish wanted to help the Hungarians with soldiers and nearly 100 aircraft regiments, but the USA prevented this because already at the outbreak of the revolt they indicated to the Soviets that it was not their sphere of interest and that they would not intervene, while they convinced the Hungarians that they would help them and condemned its suppression in the media.

[@ggooaa100]

The USA never ever helped the Hungarians, thats why we did not like the Americans as a whole... Every country they step in only war and death will derive. And now its the same with the Ukranians. The USA is not helping them they just look after profit.... Disguisting behavior

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Lmao, ironic considering how USA is demonized for "expanding" when they literally did everything to not do that

[@bendover88322]

Wow I did not knew that. Based spaniards. They will always have a soft spot in my heart.

[@antalpoti]

​@@bendover88322Yeah, Franco was ready to move in and he had quite a big army prepared to send to Hungary. He wanted to collaborate with the Americans and was waiting for the approval, but Murica called the whole thing off because of the Suez crisis.

[@raccoon994]

@@bendover88322 I don't think that Franco (a fascist dictator) had the best interests of the Hungarian people in mind.

[@Vlad_-_-_]

Yes, Hungary can be very based indeed. Respect for your people's bravery standing up against the communist filth.

[@mains8913]

Thank you Romanian brother

[@Vlad_-_-_]

@@mains8913 Anytime bro. We like hungarians here, don't listen to the memes or the ultra nationalistic dip shits.

[@flushi2479]

based romanian

[@Vlad_-_-_]

@@flushi2479 Thanks man !

[@kevindelgado4694]

Fuck communism from Cuban American 🇨🇺🇭🇺🇷🇴

[@laszlohrabovszky2489]

Never ask: -A woman her age -A man his salary -Communists about the blue voting papers in 1947 -Most of the current politicians about which party their fathers were in

[@GlorytoTheMany]

After watching a bunch of Half-Life videos I randomly switch to a totally unrelated one and still find a Half-Life fan there! What an unforeseen consequence!

[@lvvgyk]

*most of the current politicians about which party they were in

[@NikoCigoj]

-an ex-yugoslav politician where he was in 1991.

[@someonesuspicious4444]

Presidents of Belarus: 1st/current/possibly last was a member of Communist party Presidents of Kazakhstan: 1st and 2nd/current were members of Communist party Presidents of Russia: 1st and 2nd/last were members of Communist party Presidents of Ukraine: 1st was a member and a head of a local communist party until it magically dissapeared, just as magically he became president 2nd was a member of a communist party and politruk at a factory that produced rockets of doom 3rd was a member of a communist party and perhaps the only (former) communist in world history to understand free market 4rd was a member of a communist party and later became mafia boss and now lives in Rostov-on-Don, Russia temp president in 2014 was a member of a communist party and baptist (!) that saved Ukraine by reorganizing it's shit together and leading it to war 5th - his father was an important member of a communist party that helped him build business empire and become an oligarch 6th, current president of Ukraine - his father was an unimportant member of a communist party, some kind of scientist Is this progress or not?

[@klanzeyx09x]

This is the history channel that mixes up memes jokes and the educational things in one video Keep up the good work János!

[@klanzeyx09x]

thanks for your support lads

[@umi1903]

Respect from Turkey to Mighty Magyarorszag.

[@hungariancuman2835]

Thank you brothers.

[@hungariancuman2835]

@Undivided Afghanistan Yes.

[@smartavocado8319]

Thanks TURKIYE u are not a turkey and we arwnt hungry isnt it?

[@gaborkohut690]

@@smartavocado8319 thank you brother

[@arianacamerei2871]

As a Pole, it's easy for me to understand their situation. I remember my grandfather telling me about those times and events. Thank you for this material, from the comments of the Hungarians I gather that it was accurate on their part. History is worth remembering. Lots of love and respect for Hungarians

[@TyrantSolo]

Once a Hungarian always a Hungarian this video will take all of us back to a violent time, but the live chat will will be more chaotic then this time ever could be

[@HoneyDimon]

As a Romanian, it breaks my heart to learn that Hungary tried to free itself from the USSR so soon and were so close to succeed, yet they failed in the end...but respect and glory to those who fought until their last breath.

[@CA-jz9bm]

Not sure why you are angry at USSR they treated you more than fair after Romania invaded them and was the main supplier of oil for the German war machine.

[@killthereds2.043]

@@CA-jz9bmwe attacked and fought with the germans because THEY ATTACKED US IN 1940 FIRST!

[@Powerhaus88]

@@CA-jz9bm Because he's an individual, not a country.

[@CA-jz9bm]

3/10@@Powerhaus88

[@martindworak]

The Hungarian freedom fighters from 1956 have got to be turning in their graves seeing what’s happening to Hungary now!

[@uncledanny4549]

Mentioned Poznań in 1956. Mentioned the happenings under Józef Bem Statue. *Happy Polak noises* God bless Hungary and its heroes!!

[@jozsefsinka351]

🇭🇺❤🇵🇱

[@Alex-nf6ws]

🚩🚩The revolution in Hungary in 1956 was a revolution against Stalinism. From the outbreak of the revolution, workers began to establish new democratic organs to coordinate the movement. The councils were made up of workers elected after debates in each workplace. They were directly accountable to their workmates, and instantly recallable. Often students, soldiers and intellectuals joined the councils or had their own institutions, but the revolution was led by workers. Workers were not only its power base; they were the ideological leaders of the revolution, setting the political terrain of the revolt through the debates in their councils. The inspiration for these councils came from those established by Russian workers in 1917, known as “soviets”.

[@braka8578]

Please don't spread your bullsh.ts. It's a common lie spread by the left that 1956 had nothing to do with communism but in reality this revolution was anticommunist. And if you listened even to this video you would have known that stalinism didnt exist in 1956 anymore. 1956 was one of the cleanest revolution of the human history. There were no leaders of the revolution. Nobody was leading. There were no classes. Just a bunch of people wanting changes. And the fact that you are trying to imply that 1956 was communist made the heroes of 1956 turning in their graves. Eat a bag of....you know what

[@uncledanny4549]

@@braka8578 W*stoids, am I right bro?

[@Alex-nf6ws]

@@braka8578 The character of the Russian state after Stalin has not changed! Even when it was “destalinising”, it remained a “Stalinist” state in its fundamental structures: one in which a bureaucratic ruling class operates a political dictatorship, using its state power to control the means of production and exploit the working class, while proclaiming that it is doing so on behalf of the workers themselves. Hungarian workers, both under Stalin and after him, were deprived of any real control over either production and politics. Hungary’s workers proved Marx’s contention that working class struggle can lay the basis for revolutionary socialist democracy. They proved that this project requires the destruction of Stalinist states and politics, just as it requires the destruction of Western-style capitalist states. Capitalism-its Stalinist form included-deprives workers of control over society. No parliamentary reform can change that dynamic. But the councils gave workers a means through which to directly take control of the world around them. Through their own revolutionary power, workers could collectively make decisions about not only the economy-what to produce, how to produce it, where to distribute it, and for what purpose-but also about politics. In the preface to his History of the Russian Revolution, Trotsky wrote: The most indubitable feature of a revolution is the direct interference of the masses in historical events. In ordinary times the state, be it monarchical or democratic, elevates itself above the nation, and history is made by specialists in that line of business-kings, ministers, bureaucrats, parliamentarians, journalists. But at those crucial moments when the old order becomes no longer endurable to the masses, they break over the barriers excluding them from the political arena, sweep aside their traditional representatives, and create by their own interference the initial groundwork for a new régime. This is what the Hungarian workers accomplished. A future communist society will follow in their revolutionary footsteps, not in the tradition of the bureaucratic dictatorship that crushed their uprising.

[@zomorozna5960]

Very nice video! One addition, although most of the country fell by the 11th of November, a small group of guerillas near Pécs, called the Láthatatlanok (Invisibles) held out until the end of November. In December they finally voted to give up the fight and fled to neutral Yugoslavia where they have been still internated but later released.

[@jozsefsinka351]

There is a new Kárpátia song about them :)

[@kockulat]

Great video, thank you for bringing Hungarian history into the spotlight.

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you!

[@lao-ce8982]

You are more Hungarian than most of the Hungarians I know! Thank you for this absolute gem!

[@gregorgerzson1767]

Yeah, sadly, we hungarians are in a high identity crisis, manly thanks to Kádár and his band. And later the (((globalist-liberals)))...

[@marshallgrek997]

hungary: west help for fuck sake un: uh you know, what the ussr does is bad and all that, but.....

[@daddywaffles166]

My Nagypapa was there with them, he never spoke about what he did there, only admitted he was in the crowds 3 months before he died. Whatever he did, I am incredibly proud of him and miss him dearly, he escaped the country once it was all said and done, started a new life in the UK. I can happily say that I am a proud Hungarian Citizen, and am proud of all the men and women who took part in this revolution. Hajrá Magyarok 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺

[@_0_restart_0_]

Fun fact: the Hungarian revolution was the first time where the iconic AK-47 has ever seen action! It was also the first time an insurgent had held one!

[@Fakeplasticgergo]

First time use of t54 tanks as well

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Are you sure you meant the AKM and not the AK-47? Weren’t AKs used in the Korean War or by Viet Minh insurgents in the Indochina wars of independence?

[@_0_restart_0_]

@@therealspeedwagon1451 no, AKs weren't used in Korea. There weren't many AKs back then and especially not in other countries, because the soviets had to issue them to their soldiers first before they could start exporting to other countries.

[@laszlokocsis2855]

His name was Fejes József, he fought in Corvin Köz

[@badkataeuw97]

Avanti ragazzi di Buda, avanti ragazzi di Pest, studenti, braccianti, operai il sole non sorge più ad Est! Abbiamo vegliato le notti le notti di cento e più mesi, per l'alba radiosa di ottobre, quell'alba dei giovani ungheresi. Ricordo tu avevi un moschetto su, portalo in piazza, ti aspetto, nascosta tra i libri di scuola anch’io porterò una pistola. Sei giorni, sei notti di gloria durò questa nostra vittoria; al settimo sono arrivati i russi con i carri armati.

[@decseimate9217]

Ragazza non dire a mia madre Che io morirò questa sera Ma dille che vado in montagna E che io tornerò a primavera

[@trekkinmain4974]

Ma perchè avrebbe un commento del genere così tanti like? Questo tizio ha un pubblico italiano talmente grande?

[@pandasylver]

​@@trekkinmain4974 Intendo, anche noi italiani viviamo ironicamente in Europa.

[@franzflamenwafen3488]

madonna quanto cazzo bella sta poesia

[@zazr83]

Let's go ! A new video about Hungary ! I can't wait for it !

[@gtPacheko]

Brazil strongest Balkan nation 💪💪💪

[@KartingRules]

Y E S

[@robinvmars6191]

Romania strongest Latinx people

[@KiryuDude]

strongest sea nation

[@claudiotavares9580]

​@@robinvmars6191 Unironically

[@Dornana]

real

[@johnf.kennedy5029]

Thank you for making this video. educating those people about this almost 'forgotten revolution', your hungarian is simply marvelous and i had tears in my eyes the whole way through when you 'A magyarok istenere eskuszunk, eskuszunk, hogy rabok tovab nem leszunk!' your hungarian videos always touch my heart, keep up the good work!

[@sappametalyippierz]

Hello! Hungarian here! So it's really nice to see non-hungarians talk about 56. But I think you missed some little "details" about the event. First. After the soviets regained their power upon Hungary, the rebel of 1956 was banned to talk about. There's even a song made about it (ofc after Hungary became free) where one of the lyrics say: "Beszélni rólad nem lehet" aka "We can't talk about you". There were different iconic images which are still very popular in Hungary These are the: Hungarian flag with a hole in it, while Rákosi and the communist Party were in power (we call it "Rákosi-era") the (again) Rákosi címer (coat of arms) was in the middle of our flag. While 56 happened, a lot of rebels, instead of using the "old" Hungarian (which is just red-white-green) flag while protesting, they just simply cut out the communist Coat of Arms out of the flag. It still resembles freedom. "Ruszkik haza!" Sentence, while protesting a lot of hungarians shouted "RUSZKIK HAZA! RUSZKIK HAZA!" the sentence is simple and self-expalnotary, "Ruszkik" was a "slang" for russians since in hungarian russian means "orosz" cut down the "o" and done. "Haza" means home, as you could see in the beginning "talpra magyar, hí a *haza* ! Itt az idő, most vagy soha!" (Nemzeti dal (national song) -Petőfi Sándor) (this "song" (which is a poem btw) was used during the revolution of 1848 (where we fought against Austria then became the Austro-Hungarian monarch) yeah) SO BACK TO THE THEME "haza" meant home aka "Ruszkik haza" meant "Russians home". As I said, pretty self-expalnotary. These two are the most important and iconic images. We also have a picture where the "Lánchíd" is... Well.. It's in a pretty bad shape. Lánchíd is one of the bridges of Budapest, it connects Buda to Pest. Uh. Yeah. So when it was bombed down, the middle of it fell into the river Danube. There's a lot of movies/songs/poems/books and other types of media talking about this revolution. One of the movies "American Rapsody" (it's pretty sad) is about a hungarian girl, to whom family escapes to America after the revolution, but can't get her to go with them. After her grandma gets arrested, she gets adopted by a couple living in a small village. She grows up there, but after her grandma gets released from prison, she is (BASICALLY KIDNAPPED FROM HER FOSTER PARENTS BY HER GRANDMA) into America. Where she (she's still like 6yo) needs to fit in. It's based on a true story, and I recommend you to watch it. Also there's a diary of a boy who survived 56, and through the diary, we can see how children experienced it. It's pretty interesting. That's it for now! Have a great day/night! Viszontlátásra!

[@boddonzarojelxd3345]

This literally warms my heart, I'm glad you covered this, as I believe this is one of the most important moments in Hungary's history. Erre koccintok egyet Jani!🥂

[@Boone69]

Vajon fenn van -e a János hegyen?

[@siinfulbutterfly]

​​@@Boone69 Csak is fent van a János hegyen. Nem?

[@skribblyscramiento539]

Hey it's the guy from Ohio who is half Hungarian that's in your server, I just wanted to say you did a phenomenal job on this topic. I showed my Great Aunt Mary this video and she said you did a great job shedding light on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. My Great Aunt Mary was 22 when this was taking place. She was married and just had my cousin Tom. She had a choice, stay and continue to suffer under the thumb of Communism, or try to flee to Vienna, Austria to the US Embassy and apply for asylum. She chose the second option. She wanted to take my grandpa who was 11 at the time, but my great grandparents refused. So my Great Aunt Mary, her husband, and my cousin fled, running through mine fields, walking through barbed wire, crawled through tunnels, and snuck passed a handful of Soviet Red Army Soldiers who were equipped with PPSH41 Sub Machine Guns, 1891 Mosin Nagants, the brand new AK-47, and sometimes with German Shepherds. She and her family successfully made it to Vienna, Austria to the US Embassy where they applied for asylum. While waiting to be sent to the US, some Holocaust Survivors approached my Great Aunt Mary and her family to ask what happened. Immediately my Great Aunt Mary and her husband broke into tears. The Holocaust Survivors who experienced similar horror, sympathized with them. My Great Aunt Mary was expecting to be sent to St. Louis, Missouri where she had a distant relative. However the US sent her and 200,000 refugees to Cleveland, Ohio because there was a large Hungarian background present. She and her family lived in a Hungarian American's home in North Olmsted, a suburb of Cleveland. My Great Aunt Mary would work as a maid for a few years. Eventually my Great Aunt, her husband, and my cousin worked up the ranks to become US Citizens. Her and her husband got their own place and started a furniture business in Cleveland called Vegh's. Even when they divorced they still worked together. My grandpa would be forcibly conscripted into the Hungarian People's Army guarding the Iron Curtain. In 1971, my father was born. In 1978, my grandpa escaped, made it to Cleveland, reuniting with his sister, began to set up a better life for himself and my father where eventually my father immigrated in 1987. Although my father eventually left the US a few months after I was born, my brother and I were still close with my Great Aunt Mary and grandpa until he took his own life in 2016. We still keep in touch with my Great Aunt Mary, we love her to death. Without her making the decision to leave after seeing the writing on the wall, it's possible my brother and I would've never been born. We owe her our gratitude for coming here and making it to where future generations of our family can live in a nation with many freedoms and opportunity. It's also her that I began to get in touch with my Hungarian heritage and culture and when I joined your server and met so many Hungarians, and rather than turn me away, they took me in, began teaching me about Hungarian culture that I wasn't taught due to my father's irresponsible decisions. It's with those Hungarians I've met in your server that one day, I along with my older brother will make a trip to Hungary, visit our cousins, grandmother, Aunt Nikki, Uncle Krizstan, find and successfully track down our sister, establish some form of relationship and communication with her, and give our father a visit that he'll never forget. I honestly can't say thank you enough for shedding light on this topic, as well as making a server where I an American who is half Hungarian can finally get in touch with my Hungarian heritage, and culture that I wasn't able to previously. Again thank you and I genuinely enjoy the few moments you and I have talked whether it was down to Earth or shits and giggles. I enjoy your content, and I hope you keep up the good work.

[@aestronk-hungryball]

ok

[@thefruitdealer4970]

average american

[@betidontget30subsuntilnewy39]

I appriciate you taking your time and sharing your story! It's great to see people not forgetting their heritage and be thankful for those who fought for them c:

[@darkacadpresenceinblood]

i don't know why your replies are rude, this is a really beautiful story, thanks for sharing!

[@cziganyka]

Hi! As a Hungarian I think that it's great that you want learn about our culture as a Hungarian who lives in the US. Support to you

[@thomaskettunen3699]

I learned about this when I visited Budapest last summer. This video will be a banger for sure

[@Manokaaaa]

The Full Version of The Nemzeti Dal (Thats in the trailer) Talpra magyar, hí a haza! Itt az idő, most vagy soha! Rabok legyünk, vagy szabadok? Ez a kérdés, válasszatok! - A magyarok istenére Esküszünk, Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább Nem leszünk! Rabok voltunk mostanáig, Kárhozottak ősapáink, Kik szabadon éltek-haltak, Szolgaföldben nem nyughatnak. A magyarok istenére Esküszünk, Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább Nem leszünk! Sehonnai bitang ember, Ki most, ha kell, halni nem mer, Kinek drágább rongy élete, Mint a haza becsülete. A magyarok istenére Esküszünk, Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább Nem leszünk! Fényesebb a láncnál a kard, Jobban ékesíti a kart, És mi mégis láncot hordtunk! Ide veled, régi kardunk! A magyarok istenére Esküszünk, Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább Nem leszünk! A magyar név megint szép lesz, Méltó régi nagy hiréhez; Mit rákentek a századok, Lemossuk a gyalázatot! A magyarok istenére Esküszünk, Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább Nem leszünk! Hol sírjaink domborulnak, Unokáink leborulnak, És áldó imádság mellett Mondják el szent neveinket. A magyarok istenére Esküszünk, Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább Nem leszünk!

[@ndSpaz]

My grandmother was a vet student at the time in Budapest and she helped to take care of the wounded, as well as smuggle medical supplies from Austria. Once she described saving a young protester who got shot in the stomach, other than that she doesn't talk about it much. She just said "awful times, I hope you'll never have to experience anything like this".

[@sekur5548]

Fuck Russians, and fuck communism. May it never come back again

[@Kobanyai_enjoyer]

I was lucky enough to listen to somebody at a school presentation who actually took part in the uprising. He told that the whole thing was very chaotic, he was basically going to work, saw the people gathering and just joined in the fighting. Saw his neighbour being ripped apart from soviet bullets and many of his close friends either got shot or imprisoned. What a tragedy it was.

[@csabanadasiioioo1480]

Thank you for covering this topic! Even though my family wasn't fighting in Budapest, but partaking in the organisation of a Revolutionary Council in Nyíregyháza after the revolution was crushed the ÁVH took my great grandfather and got tortured for 2-3 weeks. He was probably a luckier one as he survived. It's really a shame that the Suez crisis tension was still in the air and because of that the West didn't even try to diplomatically intervene at least. But speculations aside. Thank you for making this video thorough! It always brings a tear in my eye to hear about this.

[@Cursor_Gaming]

Proud to be Hungarian

[@RedWhing13]

Thanks for always making this great videos!

[@LivingIronicallyinEurope]

Thank you!

[@redactedcanceledcensored6890]

"Én most bemegyek, oszt megölöm a polgármestert méévan!?" -Gerő Ernő, 69BC-420AD decolorized

[@gabormolnar7390]

I certainly hope you're gonna mention the "Blood in the Water" waterpolo match, aka "The blood bath of Melbourne".

[@a_Minion_of_Soros]

Sadly, no.

[@Mishamaru8773]

Im looking forward to the premiere already, looks really great

[@tamasdupcsak2989]

Ngl this is looking epic, and I'm looking forward to it

[@skeptic_lemon]

Thank you, János. Hungary and it's people are often overshadowed. We made many great things that people attribute to America or other big countries who could fund these great people. I do not blame the people though, I have made peace with the fact that we are not very well known as a nation. Thank you for properly representing the achievements of the people that came before me and my fellow Hungarians.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Nobody is attributing Hungarian inventions to America. And why are you singling our America? Does America live in your head that much?

[@skeptic_lemon]

@@anonymoususer8895 I admit I'm a bit biased and angry but I didn't single America out. America is simply the most wealthy country in the world and it could fund many research projects during and after the World Wars and the Cold War. Who or which nation do you think invented the hydrogen bomb?

[@imjustapotatoleavemealone]

@@anonymoususer8895 I just want to make clear what OP says: The concept of uranium chain reaction came from Enrico Fermi(an Italian guy) and Leo Szilárd, a Hungarian guy. The concept of atomic bomb come from Leo Szilárd and Eugene Wigner, 2 Hungarian guy. They sent a letter to sign for Einstein, and they forwarded the signed letter that it can work to Roosevelt, who named Oppenheimer as project manager. After that both Leo Szilárd and Ede Teller was ones of the top scientists helped to make the bomb, as well as the great mathematician, John von Neumann (who came up with the mathematical basics of digital computers, many considered him the greatest mathematician of all time, etc, did all of it in USA). And ofc this is just one single instance. The usage of Hungarian language gives some advantage over one's thinking, since it keeps the brain working even while speaking, like some Asian language, but this combined with some historical German culture means they can channel it somewhere other than their culture and chiseledness, somewhere where its productive for the science instead of your culture. After trianon Hungary doesn't really had any resources other than farmlands, since all natural resources were taken away as well as the debt from war reparations we had to pay, there were 0 chance that Hungary can found basically anything at all. It was America, the land of opportunity at the time, that's why we talk about it that much. There were many of these peoples from other nations as well, in my eyes that was America's greatness, to give a chance to those who never had before. I talk about it that much, because i believe with my full heart that it still can be, but not now, when your skin color and gender matters more than your intentions, achievements and thoughts.

[@twelvetoes-e9n]

@@imjustapotatoleavemealone There is another one you left out, Katalin Kariko, the Hungarian scientist who developed the MRNA COVID vaccine and couldn't get funding for 20 years to finish her research until she came to the US. Lucky for all of us humans, her research was just wrapping up right when the pandemic started, which is why there was a vaccine so quickly. She won a Nobel prize for this work. But I (a Hungarian descendant American) have to say this "your skin color and gender matters more than your thoughts and achievements" bit is total right wing conservative bullshit. That's just not how America works. All of the great things about America came from people from all walks of life making their way against whatever odds that America itself had against them. Whether they were native, immigrant, or enslaved africans, everybody went through a lot of shit in this crazy experiment and some went through a lot more than others. The whole point of a society based theoretically on equality is that you have to address where things are unequal and correct them, constantly, forever. There is no such thing as people of color or of gender diversity suddenly having so much power that achievements and thoughts from other people have stopped. What is happening is that there is an equality correction taking place, where people who were not perceived as equal are gaining equal rights. And the people who do not want to give them their equal rights come up with all kinds of colorful language to act like they are a victim or that something is being taken away from them. When it really comes down to it, its as simple as kids learning to share in kindergarten. The kid with all the toys does not want to share and when he is confronted he throws a fit.

[@imjustapotatoleavemealone]

@@twelvetoes-e9n I was talking about peoples related to the atomic bomb, not Hungarian scientists... You can be as political as much as you want, and you can assume as much as you want, but what i see is the resoults: American corps getting worse and worse, their standards shift from quality to diversity, thus also changes the focus of the company. As time goes on your knowledge matter less, and your race, or political ideology more. See: The first sentence of your opinion was "right wing conservative bs". I'm not right winged, and i'm not conservative. Here in the EU there are things beyound that, there isn't only black and white.

[@NatBurgyan]

My grandparents escaped Hungary around 1950, and it’s interesting for me to understand more about what happened with more details ( since they didn’t want to explain in detail to our family, which I understand)

[@HoH]

4:26 average Hungarian ditch nowadays, unfortunately.

[@cloneofethan]

Dude your hilarious, I learn a little bit, I shake my head sometimes, it's all good fun with your videos, even ironically when there is a solemn message or subject, keep up the good work

[@honestowl854]

Man keep up the good work! This type of content teaches, educates and entertains and as a hungarian I have to say you have a good pronunciation.

[@mastermindd]

That moment, when a guy from the internet teaches *Hungarian* history more accurately, than hungarian history books themselves... 😭

[@domonicsdaniel4497]

Thank you for covering this topic! As a Hungarian, I feel proud! :D

[@robozse193]

My dad was a freedom fighter. He had some crazy stories! He would never go back for fear the Soviets were still looking for him. He passed away in 2021. He was an amazing human

[@wez9620]

Köszönöm a videot János! If anybody interested the movie from the clips is Children of glory (Szabadság, szerelem) 2006. It was made for the 50th anniversary of the refvolution.

[@alex990ism]

on behalf of the romanian nation, i would like to apologise that our country helped the soviets in supressing the hungarian revolution , by facilitating the movement of soviet troops from romania to hungary and by detaining after the revolutionary leaders on romanian soil, i'm sorry we did that

[@TimMatterSnorri999]

Long live Free Hungary! 🇭🇺 ❤ Hungary from Switzerland 🇨🇭🤝🇭🇺

[@faragobulcsu1659]

Not gonna lie, i cried watching this video, thank you for spreading the history of our nation!

[@thehungarian7930]

Imre nagy was my relative, he was my grandpa's grandpa's cousin. he was born 15 min car drive from us and we got the same family name etc and my dad told me alot of details. I am indeed proud of Imre and i wish this revolution didn't end the way it have.

[@leventevas]

You are a better hungarian shitposter than any hungarian shitposter. Truly a masterpiece

[@radirbattya]

Well I'm hungarian, I've known the whole thing before, but it is outstanding how you used the hungarian meme culture. Based.

[@katyushatman5187]

my grandpa was part of the revolution, he was a soldier and helped the revolutionists, got captured by the reds, imprisoned in the Buda castle prison, what was heavily guarded and almost impossible to escape, and he escaped, sadly he died before history interested me more and could not ask him personaly what happened, my grandma told me this also interesting fact, many buildings in Budapest still bear the bullet holes from 1956 revolution

[@kaades_]

The thing I love most about this channel aside from the great content is the fact that you actually pronounce hungarian names properly. It honestly drives me mad when english speakers try to pronounce hungarian names so this is a breath of fresh air xd

[@cziganyka]

Budapest drives me mad everytime

[@titusmaximus7278]

I love you Janos excellent report of events. A Hungarian fellow now deceased refered to Adolf Hitler as Uncle Adolf. He told of his experience in a post WWII and how horrific Soviet occupation was for Hungary

[@zsombor.csirek.cobm.6372]

Im Hungarian and its good to know that people from a different counrty knows about the history of Hungary

[@arandomperson2855]

Im from Hungary and we talk about 1956 a lot

[@sandibodescu6412]

Some Transilvanian people also took the initiative to revolt in Cluj and other transilvanian cities, my grandgrandmother was one of them.

[@freddledgruntbuggly9408]

Great video. At 18:47 that's my great uncle Josef in the black coat and beret.

[@antipoti]

Thank you for this detailed and objective video. Also, I love how you put effort in saying hungarian names and pronounce them with fidelity.

[@neelektronik]

My Russian great-grandfather fought in this uprising on the Soviet side. He was a translator in the Soviet Army and knew some Uralic languages, including Hungarian. Unfortunately, he hardly talked about this event. Later he was sent to serve in Estonia, where I live today

[@-Melancholy-]

Ussr apologists be like: Must've been western propaganda

[@a.balazs4413]

Love learning learning about Hungary from you. Greetings from England.

[@mr.whaleeelman5511]

This is the best video so far. Amazingly done Great editing

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

I heard that there were some North Korean students studying abroad in Budapest who had fought in the Korean War that helped train people how to use weapons

[@pachalos6462]

Love your videos, just made my day that you made a video of our history, keep up the good work and thank you!!

[@Dementor_Boss]

köszönöm hogy megcsináltad ezt a videót (thanks you for this video) :)

[@AvarageYakuzaEnjoyer]

Ironically, that poem in the intro was written for a different revolution a hundred years ago which was also crushed by russian (reinforcements specifically, notable as the revolution was against the Habsburgs)

[@sheppieboi]

My Gruncle is the guy at 0:39 holding his fist up on the tank. He's the guy smiling in the front of the tank behind the turret. Badass dude.

[@kastriot3017]

I can watch the video I've been waiting for on my birthday. Fucking awesome

[@tommyschmierer4627]

Thank you for this video 🙏... My Father was from Budapest and survived the Soviet siege of Budapest in WWII along with his mother and brother ... My Uncle, grandmother and family lived thru the '56 revolution as well ... Heroic Hungarians..., & all of the people in Budapest 💯🙏... God Bless them all 🙏...

[@rodrigo.gibson]

Two Hungarians hijacked a commercial airliner in '56 with some passengers onboard and flew the aircraft over the border into West Germany where they were welcomed by nato forces. That's another heroic deed that not many know about.

[@ВладСередюк-ф9ч]

And what's heroic in hijacking an airliner?

[@ArmedSpaghet]

@@ВладСередюк-ф9чescaping hell

[@ВладСередюк-ф9ч]

@@ArmedSpaghet I knew Hungary isn't the nicest palce, but to call it "Hell"? Damn... Okay, jokes aside, 2 dudes didn't want to live in the communist Hungary, so they hijacked an airliner with bunch of people on it. Yes, they achieved what they wanted, but because of them these people became stranded in the foreign country, far away from their families, friends, without any possibilities to sustain themselves. Yeah, "real heroes". And you know what? If instead of anti-communists they were radical islamists, and they hijacked an airliner with the same purpose, you would have called them terrorists. So yeah, they aren't heroes - they are egoists at best and terrorists at worst...

[@aktoreczka.starlet]

Hungarian brothers, we admire your strength, courage and unbreakable spirit. ❤ lots of love from Poland!

[@drgabe2908]

Wait. The economy is not collapsing? ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT!!!!!!!!!

[@content1006]

The economy is not collapsning? He must not be a communist then!

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

I knew some Communists in my youth and it always amused / shocked me, that they could approve of the most vile actions, but doing something that actually made a profit - Well that's the worst sin you could commit.

[@kristofnagy5829]

My grandfather fought in the 56 revolution. According to his stories it was even crazier then you would imagine.

[@opuser1]

FUN FACT: among the hungarian students were north korean military vets.

[@Suna5tec]

Thhis was hilarious. As me a Hungarian person watching this was insane. You did such a good job. Keep up the good paste. :)

[@stekra3159]

We Austrian wher so lucky we manged to conivnce the Soviets to leave by 1955 we should have done more.

[@013wolfwarrior]

Your hungarian pronouciation is really good, it sounds almost perfect

[@13b80p49b91]

My dad's dad was fighting in the revolution against the Ruszkis, then he spent a decade in prison, my mom's dad was a member of the communist party, they weren't friends at first, but when it came to get some drink, they became almost like best friends. Maybe that's why they were always wasted. Thank you for the video.

[@justkornel4640]

Amazing video, minor correction at 12:00, the Soviets didn't bring new units in the country but rather used locally stationed troops. Other than that, it is an exceptionally great video about the event, with amazing pronunciation, thank you very much!

[@marcellmisik8811]

They did bring new units, 16 divisions exactly on top of the five that were stationed in Hungary

[@justkornel4640]

@@marcellmisik8811 Yes, indeed but it was later in November not in October.

[@tsubomi6775]

Thank you for making this video, it got some tears in my eyes towards the end... Although every kid grows up in Hungary to know the happenings of the revolution of 1956 quite well (since it's one of the most important, proud and bitter part of our history), this was such a very-very well put together and perfectly summarised video about the big picture and the political background of the events, that it was very informative for me even as a Hungarian. I feel like I've got to understand/comprehend this part of the history of my motherland better than anytime before... I'm really not too much of a nationalist or patroit or anything, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this video, and educating the folks of youtube about the history of my motherland so respectfully.... Köszönöm! Love from Hungary!! ❤️🤍💚

[@error_rbxentrypoint3136]

As a Hungarian, I love your content! Great vid :)

[@PD55_]

Really excellent. How about Czechoslovakia 1968 next? These events are close to my heart, examples of regular people fighting for their rights and precursors of post-Soviet European politics. And Putin/Lukashenko wants to restore the USSR good old days?

[@PD55_]

@boconnor401 fun fact: Putin's grandfather was Lenin's cook.

[@CA-jz9bm]

More like Russian Empire. Modern Russia have nothing to do with communism when it comes to ideology.

[@2712animefreak]

@@CA-jz9bm Eh... There isn't much difference in methodology, though. Even though the professed motives are different, the goals are definitely convergent.

[@CA-jz9bm]

@@2712animefreak Same can be said about any conquering nation, but you would not call them communist. So ridiculous comparison.

[@КрасавчикВ-л3в]

@@PD55_ Even more interesting: he was not only one of the chefs. There is a claim that he was also a "mushroom man" - a man who first tastes food before it is served to the leader. With this lineage, it's no surprise that Putin has hereditary paranoia.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Thank you for covering this topic, it too often gets neglected!

[@adopeddoggy]

as a hungarian this vid. felt damn good, keep it up dude

[@materakoczi2519]

János szívben lélekben igaz magyar vagy.

[@goofball12312]

Franco wanted to send 200k spanish men to Hungary but the USA didn't let him.

[@oleksiiboiko1651]

Born in Kyiv in 1991, i've heard a lot abot Hungarian and Czechoslovak revolutions. Actually, one of my school teachers was among those who killed people in Budapest in 1956. He was injured in the tank by one who throw the molotow coctail in the tank hatch... So, staring from my childhood i knew that it possible to fight with Russia. And in February 2022, when i decided to join to military, those were among my thoughts. Today i can say to all Magyar people that those the sacrifices in 1956 were not in vain

[@Airman1121]

Woke up with plans to do a bunch of stuff around the house. Looks like I am waiting 20 minutes. Hajrá Magyarorszag!!!

[@AnnaPannini]

Thank you this actually helped me to study for my Hungarian test

[@yaameeteeee7778]

This channel looks more educational than hungarian history books of that time. The more i watch the video, the more resemblance i see of what is happening these days. Food shortage, no gasoline, restrictive policies and of course poverty. The difference is, these days young people chose to leave the country, thus this event simply is unlikely to happen again. Being part of the EU prevents shooting at civilians, sure, but i feel like this is only a detoriatimg calm before a storm. On top of how the global world looks rn, of course

[@blackjacka.5097]

Orbanomics are going great.

[@Rgprotput]

Yes. I see it that way too.

[@zarandadam1718]

It's more educational than the hungarian history books at all

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

Many Ukrainians returned home to fight when sh*t hit the fan. Leaving when things are bad doesn't mean you'll do nothing when your Motherland burns.

[@imjustapotatoleavemealone]

You can also see things without the extreme filter on. Many of these issues are caused by inefficient leadership, not because the intentions and actions are fundamentally wrong and against Hungarians. The FIDESZ can be way better and there is a way to fix the problem... but that way isn't to just blindly chose another party, because it would be a nightmare. At this point the FIDESZ is only party that you can still take seriously (Mi Hazánk silliness for example); and they doesn't blindly follow the West without any second thought. And i rather keep it that way. A great example (i know, after 9 months its easy, since it doesn't happened yet then) is the Hamas silliness all around Europe, expect Hungary for example, who didn't let them in, but so was a good example the BLM in EU(we had white slaves, black racism was an American thing), or "Just stop oil" all around the world. The first step to make things better is to make a worthy opposition, at this point non of them are trustworthy by any means, especially because many of them are paid by west countries, which doesn't really help our independence either. The number of votes the FIDESZ gets is not a deception, or anything like that, there were suspicious cases of course, but it wouldn't make up 30% of the votes they won with even in worst possible cases. The main problem is that most Hungarians are radicalized in the opposition. The moment you can't acknowledge the other side's successes is the moment you are not seeing the situation anymore. When they say that most of the media only tells the side of the opposition, they mean it. Their forum is TV, radio, and some facebook AD, some that only the elderly uses. Newer sites that most of us use only tells us half of the story, and sadly FIDESZ reacted by they telling their half only exclusively. Its a never ending cycle, because FIDESZ tends to ignore extremely radical peoples like you, which just pushes them further till they say things like "Being part of the EU prevents shooting at civilians". The problem is i can't vote for FIDESZ, since i see that the things they do is wrong, and i rather invest somewhere else; while i can't vote to the other side either, because they are radicalizing peoples to the extremes, to the point where they doesn't feel safe here anymore, spreading propaganda way stronger that the current governing party can and being influenced by the west at the same time, effectively giving up our independence. FIDESZ lies, while the numbers are still on their side, while the opposition lies, while even the numbers are against them. For example you check the KSH(Központi Statisztikai Hivatal) data on migrating Hungarians. The number of Hungarians migrating out are getting lower each year, since 2015, while the number of Hungarians migrating back are increasing without stop since 2010, and they are greater in numbers than the ones migrating out since 2018!. There are more Hungarians coming back, while the number of Hungarians getting away is getting lower and lower! Its the exact opposite of the thing you are saying.

[@mr.carguy654]

My grandma was only a child at the time but she remembers the Russian tanks and the brutality of the conflict. She said that every lamppost had a person hanging from it. Nem feledjük ötvenhatot! 🇭🇺

[@vane909090]

This was a nice tribute to our heroes of '56, thanks man.

[@janosnagy1916]

man i love this channel and as a hungarian seeing a lot of your videos about my country it is awesome. The fact that you talk Hungarian so nicely apart from being serbian american is surprising