Laszlo

that medal has nothing to do with the revolution you showed. Im afraid the whole thing about the revoultion is about politics..I guess you had have to live there to really know.

for sure mate if you took part in anything against the "Peoples republic..." then u were`nt awarded anything...you were luck to be alive at the time, I dont know were you got that from but...for people who haven`t been there at the time or not from that country, it is a good advice to look at the House of Terror museum (60. Andrassy Street). regards, Les.

I dont know how "official" it is but, the Hungarian gov. sent this to my dad while we were in Australia, personally it came from Arpad Gonc. It just was in the mailbox one morning....a great supprise I guess. Also on the document it states, it is for his actions and for showing high political and ethical will to the homeland. The cross if translated it says "Honur to the Motherland Cross" regards, Les.

Hi guys, this is my first post here, here you go some bits and peices my father told me ; When the revolution started, my father was just 16 or turning 16 i am not 100% sure about it. My family after 1945 was on a so called "blacklist" because of its wartime contribution against the communists. My fathers cousin also had to emigrate (1945 - ran away) he was listed in the Hungarian-SS. He still lives in France today in Lille. Anyways, when it all started my father and his freinds got together to take there part, they sort of thought that its kind of fun shooting around and stuff,... before 1956, my dad and his best freind had found 4 handguns, with boxes of ammunition for them, and at the breakout that was the weapon that they used. In that caos there first objective at the town they live was to get the police station, which today is still there and when we were there my dad showed me how it all went..anyway the police officers didnt fight they were sort of supprised... when they had weapons and all that they got into a larger group and around that area their group was the one of the biggest ones, which later then made their way to the capital Budapest were most of the fighting took place. There was a major incident when they cought a local high end official and grabbed him, about 6 of them with my dad in it, and took him out on a boat in the lake, and wanted to execute him and toss him in the water...it didnt happen because, well they were talked out but my dad honestly regrets it till today...actually about 4 years ago while in Hungary my dad got to know the guys son, who is still a supporter of the government today and is in a hight political posiotion and as I have mentioned earlier the government today in Hungary is as bad as it was before, it is still the same bad people governing. The wife of the hungarian president is the doughter of an executioner who did his "duty" in the communist era...discusting....one of the ex-presidents of Hungary who`s name is Gyula Horn, was in the 1956 revolution but fighting for the communists.that shows how it is still..anyway so after all these had happend my dad was in Budpest with all the freinds, and also another incident that happend, they were having lunch or I think dinner, it was in smashed buildings, and it was like in the field, anyway so the next thing happend, they were sitting in a half circle, or U shape around the fire, and behind them was a brick wall that was half down, and then suddenly one of my dad`s freinds just pulls his TT pistol out and shoots a russian in the head, who was trying to put a machin gun (DRP) over the brick wall and their luck was that my dads freind was facing the russian he saw the barrel of the weapon come over the bricks when he saw his face he just shot him strait away, then they took his weapons too my dad also remembers what it feels like when the bullet goes flying past your head, the sound of it and the wind after this all ended my dads freinds most of them escaped, one went into the CIA, actually this one who shot the guy over the bricks, my dad stayed home, and was on the run for 2 weeks, fully armed!! and he told me if a police would have asked for Id`s, he would have gave him some of the 9mm ones then my grandad was taken away by authorities and then my dad gave him self up, he spent about nearly a month in prison, torchure and the rest, and somehow my grandad had a freind who he had known from like the 30`s and he got him out, but if that wouldn`t have been now this thread would not be written by me either.........there is so much to say a book could be written about it.... I guess Il get some more stuff for you next time... hope you enjoy... best regards, Les. p.s. my father was sent this award throught the government to Australia in `96.