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Contemporary witnesses from Hungary

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Valerie Hiadlovská

* 1933

Emigrant, National minorities, Hungary

25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Hodosán Róza

Róza Hodosán

* 1954

Hungary, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Victim of the political police in Hungary, A cultural celebrity

Horváth Lászlóné

Lászlóné Horváth

* 1947

Hungary

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Michal Hronec

* 1935

Hungary, Communist official, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Jozef Istenes during eyd recording in 2023

Ing. arch. Jozef Istenes

* 1953

Hungary, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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Jenő Ivánfi

* 1929

Hungary, Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Emigrant, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Repatriated and 2 more categories

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

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István Jávor

* 1948

Hungary, Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Victim of the political police in Hungary, A cultural celebrity

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Pál Juhász

* 1944

Hungary, Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Victim of the political police in Hungary, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

dr. József Kelemen

József Kelemen dr.

* 1931

Hungary, People helping Jews during WWII

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

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János Kenedi

* 1947 †︎ 2025

Hungary, Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Victim of the political police in Hungary, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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