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This volume presents pictures taken by John Sadovy during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Although many of them are well-known, many others are hitherto unpublished. For both the Hungarian and the international public these unknown pieces deserve to be considered special and exciting. Some of the photographs – such as the ones taken in Köztársaság Square during the siege of the communist party headquarters – gained world fame in 1956, made a huge impact on the public opinion of the West and earned the photojournalist a reputation. The Czech-born photographer’s pictures taken between the 29th of October and the 1st of November, 1956, offer a glimpse into the lives of the freedom fighters and the Budapestians during the desperate fighting and the fragile ceasefire. They show how armed rebels and civilians, adults and children responded to the warlike situation. The expressions of determination, confidence, despair and exhaustion on the mainly unfamiliar faces shown on the pictures bring the reality of the freedom fight closer to the reader. The volume Among Freedom Fighters contains a foreword by László L. Simon, followed by the essay written by Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson and Liza Jane Sadovy, presenting their father’s life. Réka Kiss’s paper analyses the main turning points and features of the 1956 Hungarian revolution and war of independence, and Katalin Bognár’s paper describes what and who John Sadovy photographed during the four days he spent in Hungary. The album part of the book presents 87 of John Sadovy’s photographs.