A year ago, on our national holiday, on October 23, I was able to ride on the platform of a Csepel truck, the symbolic device of the 1956 revolution, at the head of the commemorating Hungarians. It was an honor to have Miklós Völgyesi and Zsolt Zétényi, two emblematic spiritual defenders of our country, by my side.
The hundreds of thousands of people walked with dignity, pride and remembrance from the Freedom Bridge to the scene of the state ceremony. I thought of Lajos Tamási's poem: "The blood is red on the street in Pest". On the side of the Csepel truck, the photo of our executed martyrs sent by Mária Wittner (may they rest in peace) evoked the bloody past, the Soviet tanks, the murderous system of the dictatorship led by János Kádár and Antal Apró.
We thanked the revolution of 1956 for the few free breaths that became possible then.
Arriving at the scene of the ceremony, the celebratory speaker, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, among other things, "The Hungarian name will be beautiful again, worthy of its old great reputation." A smile of happiness ran through the crowd of people radiating solidarity.
- on April 3, on the basis of the parliamentary election, the people sent a message with their votes that they are still able to defend the free homeland. 16 years ago, the Gyurcsány government showed protein in its teeth. He led a cavalry charge on the celebrating crowd, which was peacefully heading home, and on command, rubber bullets were fired at head height. It became clear that everything that is created in the Apró-Dobrev-Gyurcsány villa as a task for maintaining and gaining power is self-interested incitement, aimed at stifling our freedom.
Now Gyurcsány is calling people to the streets, make no mistake, not to remember, but to demonstrate against the legitimate government. He dishonors the memory of our revolutionaries, he wants to make us forget the execution of nearly 300 people and the expulsion of 200,000 compatriots from their country. The servile supporters of foreign intervention can show themselves, but the shadow of 1956 is cast over all their attempts. The glory of the youth of the revolution cannot be stolen!
Let's all light candles and put them out in the windows at night. We tell our children and grandchildren the real true story. They will surely take this to heart and rest in peace with a smile on their face.
Finally, on the margins of 1956 and 2006:
"...and a pledge: you small country,
whoever lives should not forget
that freedom was born
when blood was shed on the streets of Pest."
László Csizmadia
is the chairman of the CÖF-CÖKA board of trustees
Photo: 2022plus
