John Sadovy (1925-2010), a Czech-born photojournalist who came to Hungary on assignment for the American weekly photo magazine Life, lived through and photographed the events of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence for four days between 29 October and 1 November. His pictures taken during this period, especially those taken during the siege of the Budapest headquarters of the Hungarian Workers' Party Committee on Republic Square (now Pope John Paul II Square), became world famous in the pages of Life and other major foreign press publications.
The Hungarian National Museum and the Committee of National Remembrance, in collaboration with the photographer's two daughters, Liza Jane Sadovy and Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson, are presenting a temporary exhibition of a selection of John Sadovy's photographs taken in 1956 in the Dome Hall of the Hungarian National Museum from 20 October to 10 December 2023. The online version of this exhibition is available here.