It happened on the 4th of November. when. disregarding the provisions of the United Nations Charter. fresh Russian tanks and troops entered the country in spite of the protests of the new government. Hungarian youth and workers again fought with heroic courage. yet it was a hopeless struggle. In three days everything was over. About 20.000 Hungarians lost their lives in the fighting betwen the 23rd of October and the 7th of November. and 200.000 left the country to join those other 200.000 who emigrated in 1947 and 1948 after the Communist takeover. Prime Minister Imre Nagy and his associates who took refuge at the Yugoslav Legation were arrested by the Russiansin spite of assurances of safetywhen they left the Legation. They were later executed.
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