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September 19, 2006 through December 15, 2006 This exhibit, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising, contains rare materials from the Hoover Archives, photo essays by Erich Lessing, and the documentary film “Starting Over in America: The Story of the Hungarian 56ers” by Sally Gati. The exhibit will be open to the public beginning September 19, 2006 through December 15, 2006 in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, next to Hoover Tower, and is free of charge. Pavilion hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. For further information, contact 650.723.3563. On October 23, 1956, thousands of Hungarians began peacefully demonstrating against the communist government that had dominated the nation since 1949. The twelve days of revolution that followed marked the first mass effort to resist Soviet control and presaged the later dismantling of the Soviet bloc. This exhibit, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising, contains rare materials from the Hoover Archives, photo essays by Erich Lessing, and the documentary film “Starting Over in America: The Story of the Hungarian 56ers” by Sally Gati. Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion
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A Tear in the Iron Curtain: The Hungarian Uprising of 1956
