Erich Lessing (1923-2018)


Erich Lessing, Russian tanks roll through the streets of Budapest, 1956 (22.1987)


Erich Lessing, Looting a bookstore to burn Communist propaganda, 1956 (32.1987)


Erich Lessing, Looting a bookstore to burn Communist propaganda, 1956 (42.1987)


Erich Lessing, Looting a bookstore to burn Communist propaganda, 1956


Erich Lessing, Crowds destroying statue of Stalin near the National theatre, Budapest, 1956 (31.1987)


Erich Lessing, Crowd outside of the Petöfi Club, a center of intellectual activity, where discussion was relayed by loudspeaker; the Petöfi Club was named for the patriotic 19th-century poet, Sandor Petöf, 1956 (21.1987)


Erich Lessing, Portrait of Lenin removed from wall of City Hall at Gyor, on the shouted demand of a large crowd outside; Gyor, in Northwest Hungary, was a rebel stronghold, 1956 (29.1987)

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