Imre Nagy Budapest BW
by Joan Carroll
Title
Imre Nagy Budapest BW
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Imre Nagy (EEM-ray Nodge) gazes pensively at the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest keeping an eye on the current politicians. He is now thought of as an anti-communist hero, but was actually a lifelong communist. He became prime minister in Hungary during a period of reform in 1953 but when his proposed changed alarmed Moscow he was quickly demoted. When the 1956 Uprising broke out he was drafted to become the head of the movement to soften the severity of the communist regime. It seemed he might hold the middle ground between the totalitarian model of Moscow and the freedom of the West, symbolized by the bridge he is standing on. But the Soviets put down the uprising, tried and executed Nagy, and buried him in an unmarked grave. After 1989 the Hungarian people rediscovered Nagy as a hero. His body was exhumed and given a ceremonial funeral at Heroes' Square. Over 100,000 people are estimated to have attended Nagy's reinterment. The occasion of Nagy's funeral was an important factor in the end of the Stalinist government in Hungary.
UPDATE: this information was sent to me by a colleague in Budapest: "One Sunday morning in May 2019, the people of our country woke up to the statue of our 1956 martyred prime minister being moved from Kossuth square next to Parliament to another more remote square. This is what our current government has done. All this in secret under the cover of night."
FEATURED PHOTO, Creative Black and White Photography group, 5/24/21
IMAGE OF THE WEEK, The Artistic Aperture group, 2/26 - 3/4/21
FEATURED PHOTO, The Artistic Aperture group, 2/24/21
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FEATURED PHOTO, Black And White Photography group, 12/11/15
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December 10th, 2015
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Comments (72)
Dora Stork
I'm glad you took this photo, Joan! You wouldn't be able to capture this photo today... One Sunday morning in May 2019, the people of our country woke up to the statue of our 1956 martyred prime minister being moved from Kossuth square next to Parliament to another more remote square. This is what our current government has done. All this in secret under the cover of night. L/F/Tw
Joan Carroll
thank you Jan for the feature in the Creative Black and White Photography group, 5/24/21
Angela Davies
Congrats on your Artistic Aperture Special Feature, amazing view, comp and treatment! LF
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on “Imre Nagy Budapest BW” being Image of the Week in the “Artistic Aperture” group on FAA.