Gosztonyi, Péter
Military historian. 1956: Fought at the Kilián Barracks against the Soviets. Emigrated to Switzerland. Author of several works on World War II and 1956.
Military historian. 1956: Fought at the Kilián Barracks against the Soviets. Emigrated to Switzerland. Author of several works on World War II and 1956.
Librarian. He worked for the Hungarian Railways where he was HR assistant, director of the cultural centre of the railways in Szombathely. 1968-1978 head of the cultural department of the Council of Vas County, then he worked for the Pedagogical Institute of Szombathely
Librarian and sociologist. He dealt with the sociology of reading, education, the arts, religion and libraries, at the Centre for Library Studies and Methodology of the National Széchényi Library in Budapest, and then at the László Teleki Foundation. Since 1998, he has been a senior lecturer in the Sociology Institute of the Arts Faculty of the Péter Pázmány Catholic University.
Army officer, worker. 1956: one of the leaders of the Socialist Revolutionary Committee, Town of Debrecen, 1957: sentenced to life, then 4 years’ imprisonment.
Engineer. He left Hungary with his wife in 1984 and then left Italy for Australia at the end of that year. He worked in Malaysia in 1992–2001 and now lives in Sydney, working as a structural engineer.
Lawyer. 1956–1958: solicitor of István Angyal who was executed for his activities in the Revolution.
Stage manager. His father, Gábor Földes (1923–1958), director, one of the leaders of the revolution in the town of Gyor, was condemned to death and executed in 1957.
Writer, librarian, literature critic. As a secondary school student he was member of the Youth Committee of Győr in 1956. He worked for the National Széchényi Library.
Architect, social democratic politician. 1956: Minister of State in the 2nd Imre Nagy Government.
Physician. 1956: took part in rescuing of the wounded, left Hungary.