Real History and David Irving in Hungary The [ Tour details ] On David Irving signed copies of the Hungarian edition of his famous 1981 history of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising in two Budapest bookstores.
In one, a visitor handed him a trophy from the revolution – a heavy (8 kilo) submachine gun wrested by his father from an AVO secret policeman and used to attack Red Army troops during the uprising — there are twelve notches on the wooden stock.
[ Booklaunch photos ] Before being filmed for a long interview with Channel One, Mr Irving signs books; hotel sales executive Diana A, buys one of the first As the book Uprising vanishes from the shelves, the bookstore owner (right) is delighted The bookstores sell four hunded on this first day Photos include some by Peter Linka << [ Book-launch ] [Budapest] class=”reference-note”>[ Heroes Square ] [ University ] [ Debrecen, Miskolc ] [ Szeged ] [ Györ ] >> website