East German journalist. 1957: sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment on charges related to the Hungarian Revolution, 1960: settled in the UK.

Joiner. Son of Maria Wittner, dressmaker. 1956: freedom fighter, sentenced to death then to life imprisonment. Freed in 1970.

Film director and screenplay writer. He taught at the Budapest College of Theatre and Cinema in 1968–72, in the Department of Film Direction. He played an active part in the 1970s and 1980s in the Béla Balázs Studio and the Társulás Studio, making numerous documentary films.

Polish economist, chemist. 1955–1959: Polish Ambassador stationed in Budapest, sympathized with the Hungarian Revolution, 1959–1975: diplomat in several states.

Pianist and accordion player. He began his musical career in Szombathely, later playing in Eger, Székesfehérvár and Csákvár, by Lake Balaton, and in various bars and restaurants in Budapest and abroad. He was a member of the Budapest Ragtime Band in 1984-6. He worked as a programme editor for Hungarian Radio in the 1980s.

Polish politician, historian. 1956–1981: member of the Central Committee of the Polish Communist Party.

Restaurateur. He worked for different restaurants, later in Hotel Savaria in Szombathely. He established Wagner Vendégudvar (Wagner Court) which among others hosted the Austrian-Hungarian summit in 2003.

Journalist, poet, clerk. From 1946, worked for Győri Munkás (Győr Worker) and later Győr-Sopron Megyei Hírlap (Győr-Sopron County News). Dismissed after disciplinary proceedings in 1955, then worked in public administration. Restored to newspaper staff in October 1956. On November 2 became editor of Hazánk (Our Native Land), an independent political daily founded in his flat. Left country with his wife in January 1957, receiving asylum in Britain. Resettled in Hungary in 1990.

Architect, city planner.

Foreign trader and jazz-record collector, later representative of the Ministry of Trade. He was a regular visitor to the night clubs of the period in 1947-8. He later served as a commercial attaché in Poland in 1972–5 and Oslo in 1983–7.