The Civil Unity Forum is launching its traveling exhibition titled Freedom drowned in blood

  1. On September 17, a series of demonstrations of a scale not seen since the regime change began after Ferenc Gyurcsány's speech at the closed faction meeting of the MSZP in Balatonőszöd was leaked: the Őszöd speech. The police responded to the series of demonstrations that broke out that day in a manner reminiscent of dictatorships: more than 200 civilians were seriously injured as a result of the intimidating actions.

For the first time in Budapest, visitors could view the exhibition compiled on the basis of documents and recordings from the time, which commemorates this dark and bloody period of the recent past on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the beginning of the 2006 protests.

The which can be visited free of charge , then went on a national tour, the new locations of which are as follows:

October 05. Nagykőrös, 2750 Nagykőrös, Hősök tere 3rd street and parking lot, open from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

October 6. Kecskemét, 6000 Kecskemét, at the corner of Koháry István krt and Nagykőrösi u, the parking lot under Szabadság tér 3 can be visited between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., moderator László Pesty, filmmaker, talks to visitors between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

October 07. Szolnok, 5000 Szolnok Hild János tér, in front of the Aba-Novák Agóra Cultural Center, can be visited between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., moderator Imre Boros, economist, talks to visitors between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

October 8 - 9 Szeged, Szeged 6720, Széchenyi tér 15, pedestrian street after the zebra crossing, opposite Raiffesen Bank, on Friday October 8 between 15:00 and 20:00 , moderator Georg Spöttle, security policy expert, talks to the visitors between 18:00 and 19:00; It can be visited on Saturday, October 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

photo: Kiss Annamarie