Original Title
[Letter to N.S Krushchev demanding the release of 150 young hungarians]
Creator(s) / Contributor(s)
Lillian Burnett
Date Created
1959-11-23
Description
Letter wrote by an american women, Lillian Burnett, to demand the release of 150 young hungarian sentenced to the death penalty for having participated to the 1956 revolution. The letter is cc-ed to the american secretary of state, the permanent representative to the UN, and the Secretary general to the UN
Source
OSA, hedervary collection
Upload info
lise, Fri, 2008.Oct.03 15:20
Tags
protest (1), repression (1), 1956 hungarian revolution (1)
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Letter to Gorbatchev demanding the release of 150 young hungarians
Comments
avetikyan (Offline), 4 years ago
Gorbachev would better not even join the party and never become its leader.
csaba (Offline), 4 years ago
[quote]Nikita Krushchev is the adressee of this letter. Gorbachev served as Second Secretary of the Stavropol Krai (regional) Komsomol Committee at the time, and was made a member of the CPSU Central Committee only in 1971.[/quote]
