Polish journalist. 1953–1956: Editor of the newspaper Po prostu, he talks about Polish events in connection with the Hungarian Revolution.

Economist. Daughter of Jeno Landler, the communist politician. 1918–1928: resided in Vienna, 1928–1946: in the Soviet Union, 1949–1971: civil servant. Her husband was executed in the Soviet Union in 1937.

Engineer IT manager. His family's estates were confiscated after WWII by the new Checzoslovak government. He moved to France in 1948 with his family. They settled in Nice. He graduated at École Nationale des Telecommunications having a scholarship from the Free Europe Committee. In 1956 he returned to Hungary and he joined an armed group of studenst in Sopron. He worked for Thomson since 1957. He was marketing manager at IBM, then IT director at BNP group. In 1992 he was IT consultant for the Hungarian National Bank.

Electrician. Father, Lajos Lajtai (1911–1978) headed the workers’ council at the Agricultural Machinery Factory, Mosonmagyaróvár, was sentenced in 1958 to 6 years’ imprisonment and released in 1961.

Clerk, economist. 1938–1939: editor of the monthly Magyar Fórum. Founder of a Folkrolistic Collection.

Catholic priest, librarian. 1956: took part in the revolutionary movement as a university student, sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Philosopher. He taught in the philosophy department of Budapest Technical University from 1974 to 1979, when he was dismissed for his opposition attitude. He taught in Leicester, England, in 1985 and then at the University of Arizona in Tucson, United States, from 1986 to 1989.

Skilled labourer, economist, translator. Was freedom fighter during the revolution and participated in the political underground after November 4, 1956. In 1957 was sentenced to ten years. Was active in the democratic oppositional movement. 1985–1989: worked for Radio Free Europe and BBC in London.

Taxi driver. 1956: Joined the József Dudás group. 1957: settled in Australia.

Sociologist. He took part in the attempts to reform the communist youth movement in the 1970s. He worked for the Kossuth Publishing House. He participated in several underground seminars of the democratic opposition. In 1977 he published a samizdat entitled "Marx in the fourth decade" after which he lost his job. He contributed to the Bibó Memorial Book, signed the Charta petition. After the political transition he became lecturer at Loránd Eötvös University  and at the Central European University.