Hungarian Tragedy and Other Writings on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

The armed confrontation between the Hungarian people and the Stalinist regime in 1956 was an astounding, heart-breaking and shattering event. Its shock waves reached all Communist Parties.

Peter Fryer, the correspondent of the Daily Worker, faithfully reported what he saw, an ordinary people wanting a freer life and better conditions, but obliged to go further as the ruthless ruling caste did not hesitate to fire on peaceful demonstrators to defend its currupt power. He stood firmly against the Stalinist leadership which expelled him from the Communist Party. ‘Both as a communist and as a human being I believe it my duty to tell the truth…’