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List of massacres in Hungary

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Hungary (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Victims Notes
Battle of Mohács 31 August 1526 Mohács 2,000 Hungarian prisoners
Siege of Buda (1686) 1686 Buda 3,000 Muslims and Jews
Red Terror (Hungary) April - August 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic 370-590 Anti-Communist groups, counter-revolutionaries, and dissidents
White Terror (Hungary) 1919–1921 Hungary 1,250 and 2,500 Jews and communists
Derailment of the Vienna Express 13 September 1931 Biatorbágy bridge near Budapest 22 Hungarian civilians
Massacre of Várpalota February 1945 Lake Grabler, Várpalota 123 Gypsies [1][2]
Kunmadaras pogrom May 22, 1946 Kunmadaras 4 Jews
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 1956 Hungary 3,000 Hungarian civilians
Bloody Thursday October 25, 1956 Kossuth Square 22-1,000 Pro-democracy protesters [3][4][5]
Mór massacre May 9, 2002 Mór 8 Hungarian civilians
2008–2009 neo-Nazi murders of Roma in Hungary 2008-2009 Hungary 6 Romani

References

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  1. ^ https://www.romasintigenocide.eu/en/pdf-eng/varpalota [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "The Deathless Woman". European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti und Roma. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  3. ^ "Commemoration of "Bloody Thursday" massacre held on Kossuth Square". Daily News Hungary. 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  4. ^ "In Memoriam: 1956 Revolution Memorial | Budapest, Hungary Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  5. ^ "BLOODY THURSDAY, 1956: THE ANATOMY OF THE KOSSUTH SQUARE MASSACRE | Hungarian Review". hungarianreview.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.