Hazay, István
Geodesist, university professor. 1964–1967: Rector of Technical University of Budapest.
Geodesist, university professor. 1964–1967: Rector of Technical University of Budapest.
Waitress. 1956: freedom fighter.
Sculptor. A fitter's apprentice in 1951-3, he became a decorative locksmith in that year. He taught technical studies at an industrial school in 1957-63, also teaching at the Huber Dési Fine Arts Circle in 1960–70. From 1967 to 1989, he was an interior designer for the South Pest Catering Enterprise. He took part in exhibitions in the Boglárlelle chapel in 1970-72 and became a set designer for the Gergely Csiky Theatre in Kaposvár in 1975-6.
Technician. Arrested by Soviet soldiers in Budapest in 1945, he was taken to the Soviet Union. On his return in 1947, he fled to Austria, where he recounted his experiences to a journalist. This prompted the Soviet authorities to rearrest him, and he was sentenced to twenty years’ hard labour on charges of espionage. He spent time in Siberian labour camps in Tayset and in a Moscow prison before returning home in 1955.
Theatre director. He was a member of the Universitas company in 1962-8 before setting up Kassák House Studio in 1969. The latter was banned on political grounds in 1972, after which he confined himself to given lectures in his home. In 1976, some of the company left for France and later settled in the United States, where he, István Bálint and other members set up the Squat Theater. Halász left the company in 1985 to set up the Love Theater.
Painter. He taught painting and graphics at the College of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1972-6. In 1976, he was one of the organizers of the Fluxus alternative group based at the Rózsa coffee bar. In 1975-9, he contributed to avant-garde art exhibitions. He left the country in 1976, settling in Paris and then New York. In 1983-7, he exhibition in the East Village galleries. He has regularly contributed to Hungarian exhibitions since 1990.
She comes from the Hadik and Bissingen-Nippenburg families. She left Hungary with her parents in 1948 and settled with them in Paris. She lived on temporary jobs. She was assistant to Daisy Károlyi in her dressmaker salon. In 1955 she married Jean Louis Lassus and had six children.
Librarian. Pál Maléter's widow. After the arrest of her husband in 1956 she was dismissed, she was employes as unskilled worker for years. She was librarian of the Museum of Medical History since 1985, then librarian of the 1956 Institute since 1990. She was founding member of the Committee for Historical Justice which fought for the rehabilitation and reburial of the martyrs of the 1956 revolution.
Accountant. Daughter of Lajos Gulyás, member of the National Committee, Town of Mosonmagyaróvár, who was executed in 1957.
Teacher, farmer. 1946–1948: leader of the Social Democratic Youth Movement, 1950–1955: political prisoner, 1956: Chairman, Workers’ Council of Heves County, sentenced to life imprisonment.