Keywords: Hungarian Revolution Flag of 1956.gif Flag of the Hungarian Revolution 1956 svg On 23 October 1956 Hungarian demonstrators began to cut the communist coat of arms from the center of the then-official Hungarian flag leaving a distinctive hole 33 years later many Germans did the same thing to the flag of the DDR East Germany as they protested against their government Flag of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 with the coat of arms cut out Edit Wiki file 2006-10-11 Istvan self Flag of the Hungarian Revolution 1956 Flags with three horizontal stripes of red white green combination |