Author: LESSING, Erich
Title: Erich Lessing - Revolution in Hungary - The 1956 Budapest Uprising. Texts by George Konrad, François Fejtö, Erich Lessing and Nicolas Bauquet. [New].
Description: London, Thames & Hudson, 2006. 30.5 x 31 cm. 250 pp. Bound with dustjacket. lllustrated in b/w. - On 23 October, 1956, what began as a mass rally in Bem Square, Budapest, quickly evolved into the Hungarian Revolution. It lasted until 4 November, when the Soviet tanks rolled in. Up to 50,000 Hungarians and 7,000 Soviets were killed, and thousands were injured. Magnum photographer Erich Lessing (1923-2018), who found himself in the thick of the action, documented the cruelly short-lived revolt and its aftermath in a series of world-famous photographs, reproduced here in stunning duotone. - New copy

Keywords: 9780500513262


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