Only 2 days after the original student demonstration for relaxation of Stalinist terror. the revolt spread to the countryside. But the armed might of the Soviet Union was no match for the only weapons the revolutionists hada few guns. bravery. and a desire to see their homeland free from external and dictatorial control. The courage of these men and women. these boys and girls. should never be forgotten. The battle was to be lost and many Hungarians realized they could no longer live in their homeland. so 28.000 civilian refugees streamed across the border. Of this number. 5.000 came to this country. while Switzerland. Argentina.
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