Help! Help! Help!

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Help! Help! Help! is the dramatic exclamation aired by Hungarian radios when the Soviet army was crushing the country's uprising on November 4, 1956.

Writer Gyula Háy's call for help was first aired at 7.57 in the morning by the main state channel Radio Kossuth, after Soviet tanks launched an all-out attack against the Hungarian capital Budapest. The short message was repeated several times until the building of the radio fell.

The text of the message: “This is the Hungarian Writers' Association! We are turning for help to all writers, scientists, writers' associations, academies, scientific associations in the world and the leaders of cultural life. Short time is left. You know the facts, we don't have to say them. Help Hungary! Help the Hungarian people! Help Hungarian writers, workers, farmers, the intelligentsia! Help! Help! Help!”

The triple call for help was also aired by Radio Freedom (in Hungarian Szabadság Rádió), based in Dunapentele. According to the memories of Imre Mikes, who worked for Radio Free Europe between 1951 and 1976, Radio Freedom was the last channel in which the exclamation was heard. The text of their message was the following: “At 2.30 this morning Russian troops have launched a general attack against the Hungarian people. We ask the United Nations: Help! We ask for parachute troops. We appeal to the conscientious, honourable peoples in the world. Help! Help! Help!”