After three and a half years, the fathers of the Székely family, István Beke and Zoltán Szőcs, who were innocently dragged away by the Romanian authorities, and who were convicted on charges of terrorism - with flimsy reasons - were released. They gave an interview to Mandiner about their ordeal.
István Beke said: "compared to other prisoners, we could count not only on our close family, but on an entire nation. We were constantly visited by high-ranking politicians both from the motherland and from Transylvania. There were weeks when four people came. This gave me tremendous strength. Both the prison management and the police saw that they could not do anything because they were constantly being watched by watchful eyes. We would also like to thank those who followed our fate, and the Hungarian diplomacy, that we and our family could feel that we were not left to our own devices!
Demonstration by the people of Székely/Source székelyhon.ro
The preview was in Bucharest, where they took us here and there with the aim of extracting a confession.
Was the fact that firecrackers, a Székely flag and a Wass Albert volume were found in their possession sufficient grounds for arrest? "I ordered and paid for the firecrackers more than a year earlier, this was confirmed by the company owner, who was questioned as a witness. The rest are science fiction tragicomedies," said István Beke
Zoltán Szőcs said: "I accepted this cross. I knew that my ancestors also experienced something similar, my great-grandfather lost his life in captivity. The Hungarian nation suffered a long time ago, and it still happens from time to time. I accepted that this was my fate.
I did it decently, with my head held high, I feel that I have shown what behavior befits a real Hungarian person.
István Beke also said: "I had to suppress my self-pity. If I gave way to questions like why me, why us, why we have to suffer this innocently, I would have gone crazy in a short time."
When my son was born. I was admitted in 2018, my wife was just two months pregnant. To this day, I get chills and tears come to my eyes when it's brought up. I am now learning what it means to be a father - what obligations and responsibilities it entails. Christmas Eve was also difficult. Every year I wrote in my diary that everything became quiet, it got dark, and I kept hoping that they would open the cell door and tell me I could go home on Christmas Eve.
Zoltán Szőcs in the family circle/Source: Erdély.ma
I had faith before, but now it is even stronger. I also prayed to God, the Virgin Mary and Bishop Áron Márton every day. My aunt brought me a lot of books about the life and slavery of Bishop Áron Márton, who put it like this:
All suffering has a meaning and an end.
I discovered many similarities between the proceedings against us and the way the Securitate treated him. When I was released, I wrote in my diary: “By the grace of God, today I have regained my family, my nation, my native land and my freedom; tonight I can rest my head next to my family and tomorrow I can wake up next to them.”
The full interview can be read at: mandiner.hu
Featured image: mandiner.hu
