Was There a 1989?

Hungarian-language texts, news, films, sound and photos chronicling the transition in Hungary and the region. This collection presents multiple perspectives, placing differing accounts of events side by side, as they unfolded.

For this thematic online collection of the regime change, giving insight into the events of every single day in 1989, the Archivum was awarded Joseph Pulitzer Memorial Prize, the most prestigious professional recognition in the Hungarian media, in the category of press history in 2010.