▁change ▁only ▁gradually ▁Nik ita ▁K hr ush chev ▁had ▁made ▁his ▁famous ▁secret ▁speech , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁condem ned ▁the ▁" person ality ▁cult " ▁around ▁St alin ▁( see ▁" On ▁the ▁Person ality ▁Cult ▁and ▁Its ▁Con sequ ences "). ▁The ▁oblig atory ▁official ▁broad s ides ▁against ▁Fre ud ▁and ▁the ▁ne o - Fre udi ans ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁ceased ▁only ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁after ▁which ▁ps y cho analysis ▁was ▁to ▁a ▁large ▁extent ▁re h abil itated . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁and ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁F action ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁was ▁a ▁radical ▁tr end ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 / 5 7 , ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁intellect uals ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁" Old ▁Left " ▁Commun ist ▁parties ▁in ▁protest ▁against ▁the ▁Soviet ▁invasion ▁of ▁Hung ary ▁during ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁These ▁New ▁Left ▁intellect uals ▁broke ▁with ▁the ▁official ▁Marx ism – Len in ism ▁ide ology , ▁and ▁they ▁founded ▁new ▁mag az ines , ▁clubs ▁and ▁groups , ▁which ▁in ▁turn ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁a ▁new ▁generation ▁of ▁students . ▁They ▁began ▁to ▁study ▁Marx ▁af resh , ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁what ▁he ▁had ▁really ▁meant . ▁ ▁In ▁Germany , ▁the ▁term ▁Char akter mas ke ▁was ▁popular ized ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s