The Italian version of the comic Angel of Budapest was presented in Rome
The Italian version of the comic Angel of Budapest was presented in Rome. In 1956, the work was made on the streets of Budapest, where the pictures are for the Italian youth to get to know and understand what happened in Hungary at that time. The vice-president of the Italian senate said his parents had told him about Hungarians fighting anti-communism and that young Hungarians had inspired their political careers, M1 News reported.
The angel of Budapest is about a taxi driver of Hungarian origin who is trying to start a new life in America after the 1956 revolution. However, the appointment of a new Russian ambassador awakens the revolutionary in John Angel and returns to Hungary to face his past. The story can already be read in Italian, and was published in Italy on October 23 under the title L’angelo di Budapest. The official presentation was held on Tuesday in the upper house of the Roman parliament.
In addition to the comic, a 50-page photo collection is also included in the volume. These come from Hungarian archives and collections. They were all made in the autumn of 1956 on the streets of Budapest. The book is supplemented by the writing of journalist and historian Umberto Maiorca about the events of ’56.
Senate vice-president Ignazio La Russa said he was 9 years old at the time of the revolution, but he remembers exactly those days and his mother’s words.
“We marched down the main street, and my mother explained to me that this was a demonstration of solidarity with a people fighting communism. He also said that Hungary was an ally of Italy in World War II. I have a very precise memory of the days of the ’56 revolution, I believe that Italy has not forgotten to this day the young people who marched on the streets of Buda and Pest and fought for communism for their freedom. The Hungarian youth inspired my political career”The Italian Brotherhood politician told M1.
Enikő Győri, a member of the European Parliament of Fidesz, said: we do not have to try to keep fifty-six memories alive. The Italians themselves are knocking that they want to commemorate.
“Even if the big ones are not with us, they lived as children, they were all important to this day, that it is important that freedom is what Hungarians sacrificed their lives for, so they actually see us as an example to this day.Said the former Roman ambassador.
Presentation of the anthelmintic
Budapest “a Roma col mio intervento. pic.twitter.com/fX9b7zMlGU– Enikő Győri (@GyoriEniko) November 10, 2021
In 1956, Italy showed extraordinary solidarity with the Hungarian Revolution. Apart from the Italian Communist Party, all political formations identified with the Hungarian desire for freedom that had rebelled against the communist dictatorship, which was also voiced in international diplomacy. And the students organized parades all over the country to express their solidarity with the guys from Pest.