"1956" . . "Hungary" . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "At four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November 1956, the city of Budapest was awakened by the shattering sound of Russian tanks tearing the city apart. The Hungarian revolution - five brief, glorious days of freedom that had yielded a glimpse at a different kind of future - was over. But there was abridge at Andau, on the Austrian border, and if a Hungarian could reach that bridge, he was nearly free. It was about the most inconsequential bridge in Europe, but by an accident of history it became, for a few flaming weeks, one of the most important bridges in the world, for across its unsteady planks fled the soul of a nation. -Back cover." . "For the refugees of the 1956 Hungarian revolution the bridge at Andau helped them reach their ultimate freedom."@en . "The bridge at Andau" . "The bridge at Andau"@en .