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Angry crowd throw objects at Communist Party Headquarters and demonstrate holding torch lights during riots in Europe.
Anti-communist protestors riot in support of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, and against Soviet efforts to stop the Hungarian revolution (during Cold War focus on communist threat). The crowds demonstrate holding torch light and banners in West Berlin. People set a structure on fire during the demonstration in Paris, France. People outside the Communist Party Headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands demonstrate. The angry crowd throws objects at the Felix Meritis building, located at 324 Keizersgracht, Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, site of the offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. Broken glass in a window outside the headquarters offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands.. The protestors seen people outside the Felix Meritis building.
Anticommunist mobs demonstrate against the Communist Party of Netherlands. Rioters attack Party Headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Communist newspaper, De Waarheid (The Truth) is seen behind a broken display case in window at the Felix Meritis Building (Keizersgracht 324, 1016 EZ Amsterdam, Netherlands), Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, site of the headquarters, Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN). Bicycle parked in front of the broken window. Police stand on sidewalk beside a bookstore where its plate glass window has been broken and displays destroyed. An injured man holds his bleeding head as he talks to companions. An ambulance pulls up to curb. Several bicycles in front of the Felix Meritis building. Police pull rioters out of the building and arrest them. (World War II period).
Dutch Sint-Nicolaas enters the city signaling the starting of a national feast day and people cheer in Amsterdam, Holland.
Feast of Sinterklaas starts in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dutch Sint-Niklaas (Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus) enters the city signaling the starting of a feast day. Sint-Niklaas drinks bisschopswijn (mulled wine) on horseback. People crowd on either side of the street. Dutch people cheer for Sint-Niklaas. Sint-Niklaas rides on horseback while being flanked by men dressed in blackface as Zwarte Piet. Crowds watching the arrival of Sint-Niklaas along the Damrak avenue. Mascots resembling Disney characters Donald Duck and Goofy waving at crowds from a float. A float with a giant bear. Children look at the floats. A man takes pictures. The Saint on horseback waves to the onlookers on the street.
Anti-communist demonstrators in Amsterdam are dispersed by police during a night of violent protests in sympathy with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
A big crowd of people standing on a bridge near the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. A policemen walks across a riot struck area, following actions by anti-communist protestors in sympathy with the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 . Broken glass pieces and other losses to the property can be seen. A street packed with a crowd of people, in the night hours. Police breaking up the crowds. A group of marchers including women and clergy walking together along a road.
Amsterdam police attempt to control mobs demonstrating against the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN)
Anti-Communist crowds demonstrate at night against Communist Party in Netherlands (CPN), following Russian intervention against Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Amsterdam police attempt to maintain order. Scenes of damage to buildings including broken windows and bricks. Crowds of people on the streets. Police on motorcycles and on horseback. A rioter eludes police on sidewalk. Protesters march quietly along wet pavement. Two are seen carrying Rosary beads.
Damage to Felix Meritis building and offices of Communist Party of the Netherlands, following riots supporting Hungarian revolution
Damage from protests against the Communist Party of the Netherlands, as supporters of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 rallied in other countries, also, against communism. Scene outside the Felix Meritis hall at 324 Keizersgracht, Centrum, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Broken glass in a window outside the headquarters offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. View in the broken window of bricks, and an edition of the Dutch Communist Party newspaper "De Waarheid." The ledge below the broken window has lettering "...RUWIELEN PLAATSEN S.V.P." A bicycle leaning against the wall beside the damage. A crowd of citizens standing on a bridge. Policemen keep a vigil in front of a looted storefront with broken glass. Sign "Boekhandel" above the storefront. A streetcar or trolley passes in the street in front of the store. Scenes of an injured citizen demonstrator in front of a building by a sign, "P. Filedt Kok Arts". An ambulance passes by a crowd. Another looted building with broken glass. Scenes of police pulling several people out of the Felix Meritis building. Photographers race to capture pictures as police chase away the crowd and onlookers.