On October 23rd, students of the Budapest
Technical University started a peaceful march to show their
support for the Poles, to demonstrate that Hungary wanted
to be politically and economically independent, and to end
the Soviet occupation. They were joined by workers and
others. Some went to the Bem stature; others went to the
Petöfi stature while a group went to tear down the Stalin
stature because it represented Soviet dominance over
Hungary. Later that evening the students tried to broadcast
their demands at the Hungarian Radio Station. The Radio
Building was guarded by a detachment of the AVH. When
the crowd began to threaten the building after a student
delegation was detained within, the AVH opened fire on the
demonstrators which included women and children. This
action killed several and wounding many more. This was the
moment when the unrest and frustration of thousands of
people turned from peaceful protest to revolution.
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