Gyula MészárosRevolution and War of Independence in Veszprém 1956

Gyula Mészáros (1929- 2015) was a forest engineer, who in addition to his professional duties researched the history of forestry in the Bakony. For many years, he worked on the sources of the 1956 revolution and the 1956 fight for freedom. He has summarised the events of 1956 in a number of municipalities in Veszprém County, but his studies have also been published on a national scale.

Gyula Mészáros: Revolution and War of Independence in Veszprém 1956
first edition 2001, second edition 2016
(Subtitle: Research Results Based on Written and Unwritten Sources)

In this work he has published the results of decades of collecting. He has researched archives, interviewed participants, taken out newspapers of the time and tried to get as close as possible to authentic events. He compiled a moving chronicle of the heroic stand of the citizens of Veszprém.

I'm not a historian, just a man living in history - he said of himself. So his voice can be subjective, heated when he is once again in the midst of the events and reliving in his soul the uplifting and tragic days of the autumn of 1956.

The publication of the book was supperted by:
Public Foundation for Research in Central and Eastern European History and Society, KKETTKK - 56P - 01 "Mansfeld Péter" programme

Castle Street Workshop Books 43 - Veszprém

The book is sponsored by the National Cultural Fund

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Gyula Mészáros Revolution and War of Independence in Veszprém 1956