Mechanic. 1956: Commander, National Guard of Berettyóújfalu Village, 1957: sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment.

Transylvanian, psychologist. Pre-1945 illegal communist, 1986: settled in Hungary.

Economist. 1951–1967: worked at the Central Statistical Office. 1974-: Deputy Chairman, National Bank of Hungary.

Army officer, printer. 1956: freedom fighter in the Revolution, 1957: sentenced to life imprisonment. Freed in 1970.

Mathematician. He began his career as a philosopher, then became translator and editor of the Marx and Lenin series published by Szikra. From the 1970s until retirement, he worked as a mathematician at the SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Engineer. 1956: freedom fighter in the Revolution, left Hungary. 1957: settled in UK, later in New-Zeland.

Architect, university professor. 1982-: Chairman, Hungarian Architects’ Association.

Forestry engineer, teacher. 1953–1966: Head of Department, Forestry Planning Bureau.

Engineer. 1956: chairman of a factory workers’ council, sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment.

Literary historian, translator. He worked for the Institute of Literature of the Hungarian Academic of Sciences. He specialized in the comparative studies of Eastern European literatures. He is the founding father in Hungary of the Baltic studies. In 1968-69 he participated in the preliminary works of the issuing of a new periodical which was prohibited. He was silenced for five years and was considered among those critical to the party. He took part in the editing of the samizdat Máshonnan Beszélő. He was editor of the literary periodical 2000.