{"id":59602,"date":"2020-10-29T08:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T07:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/?p=59602"},"modified":"2020-10-29T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T07:48:24","slug":"candlelight-memorial-for-the-martyrs-of-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/2020\/10\/candlelight-memorial-for-the-martyrs-of-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"Candlelight memorial for the martyrs of 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"

Candles were lighted on the evening of 26th of October for Zolt\u00e1n Tatay and Zsigmond B\u00f3na, martyrs of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, at a traditional commemoration held in the park of our institution.<\/strong><\/p>

After the X-ray anatomical lecture in the Great Hall, Dr P\u00e9ter S\u00f3tonyi rector greeted the students, colleagues and guests of the university, Dr G\u00e1bor N\u00e1ray-Szab\u00f3 president of the board of trustees for Marek J\u00f3zsef Foundation and Dr S\u00e1ndor Fazekas, former Minister of Agriculture, member of the board of trustees of the Marek J\u00f3zsef Foundation.<\/p>

The rector of our university said that in 2006, on the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence, a plaque was erected in honour of veterinary student Zolt\u00e1n Tatay, on the wall of the Department of Chemistry, and then he continued:<\/p>

\u201cNow, more than 60 years after the revolution, the parents of our students have no direct experience of 1956, nor have I, since I was only two years old, but my parents talked a lot about it. My father marched from the Technical University of Budapest with the students to Kossuth Square, where machine guns started to shoot. As the people of Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1r, we remember every year the still unknown number of victims of the volley at the border guard barracks.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a>From your perspective, it can be as far away as when my grandfather told me that he fought for two years on the Russian front and two for the Isonzo in World War I. Movies, books, photographs evoke the past, which must be remembered, because we must pay tribute to the sacrifices of those who founded our lives today.<\/p>

The defence of the university was organized by the students in 1956 under the leadership of Professor L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Urb\u00e1nyi. They went to Vienna for medicine under the leadership of M\u00e1ria Tary, assistant professor, and L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Urb\u00e1nyi. The feeding of the P\u00e9terfy S\u00e1ndor Street Hospital was helped by slaughtering the experimental animals here.<\/p>

Zolt\u00e1n Tatay wanted to be a poet, but as his parents requested he applied here. On the 24th of<\/p>

October he went in a white cloak to rescue wounded people when a series of bullets fired from a machine gun took his life. He was temporarily buried in front of the Department of Chemistry, where the plaque was placed in 2006.<\/p>

Zsigmond B\u00f3na was a national guard commander in Pom\u00e1z; he did not allow the weapons depot to be taken over, he also saved the life of an \u00c1VH couple. He was brought before court in February and then he was hanged.<\/p>

Remember our heroes who were as old as you are!<\/p>

Participants of the memorial sang the Hungarian Anthem and Summons after the wreaths and candles were placed.<\/p>

During the memorial, the Tatay Zolt\u00e1n medallion was passed out to Panna Moldov\u00e1n by Dr P\u00e9ter S\u00f3tonyi rector and Dr Gergely Sziebert, president of the World Organization of Hungarian Veterinarians.<\/p>

Click here<\/a> for the photos of the event made by Guszt\u00e1v Bal\u00e1zs and Dr Tibor Bartha.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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