56 izzó ősze volt… Pillanatképek a forradalom napjairól - It was the fervent autumn of ’56. Snapshots on the Days of the Uprising (Budapest, 2006)

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NOTES Reference number: BFL XXV. 4. f. The Metropolitan Court of Budapest, proceedings documents withdrawn from confidential management. 9024/1959. The trial of György Fáncsik and accomplices. BFL XXV. 4. f. The Metropolitan Court of Budapest, proceedings documents with-drawn from confidential management. 7101/1957. The trial of István Bálint and accomplices. BFL XXV. 4. f. The Metropolitan Court of Budapest, proceedings documents with-drawn from confidential management. 8005/1958. The trial of Ottó Szirmai and accomplices. He was producer of the Budapest Hunnia Film Studio at the time of the uprising. He was an associate of the MÁVTI (MÁV - Hungarian State Railway Institute of Designing). On 2 November he got an assigning letter from the Operative Committee of the Revolutionary Armed Force Committee to take photos of the actions of the Armed Force. BFL XXV. 4. a. The Metropolitan Court of Budapest, criminal proceedings documents 7717/1959. The trial of József Novak and accomplices. Lessing, Erich (Vienna, 23 July 1923 - ) He immigrated to Palestine in 1939 after Hitler's occupying Austria, and became the photographer of the British Army. In 1947 he returned to Austria and worked for the Associated Press news agency, and then since 1951 he has been member of the world-famous photo agency, Magnum, founded by Robert Capa and David Seymour. His photos were published by Life, Paris Match, Picture Post, Epoca, New York Times, Tageszeitung and Quick Magazine, among others. He took photos of the events of Europe after the war, especially the moments of rebuilding Austria. He worked a lot in the socialist countries as well. He took photos of several important political summits, for example he was present at the negotiation series of the Austrian state contract of 15 May 1955 doing away with the four-party military occupation of Austria and also witnessed the visit by President de Gaulle in Algeria. He took photos of the main events of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. He was teaching in Aries, at the Venice Biennale, in Ahmedabad, in India, at the Summer University of Salzburg and at the College of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1974 he got the title of a professor. Turning away from politics the attention of the photographer nowadays orients towards arts and the East. His awards and rewards: he got the award of the American artistic editors for his work carried out during the time of the 1956 Hungarian uprising and in 1966 he was awarded the Prix Nadar for his book compiled from the Odyssey. In 1997 he was awarded the Austrian State Award and in 1996 the President of the Republic of Hungary awarded him the Imre Nagy medallion. He has published over 40 books so far. His photos taken on the 1956 uprising can be found in György Krassó's papers deposited in our archives. (Shelfmark: BFL XIV. 47. Krassó-papers). § The trial of István Babér 8101/1958, the trial of József Balázsi and accomplices 1230/1958, the trial of József Blaski and accomplices 8084/1958, the trial of Ferenc Csizmadia and accomplices 8053/1958, the trial of János Czibor 5524/1957, the trial of István Fehér and accomplices 1990/1957, the trial of József Tibor Fejes and accomplices 8083/1958, the trial of Sándor Fejes 9125/1960, the trial of Jenő Fónay and accomplices 8023/1958, the trial of János Futó and accomplices 9019/1958, the trial of Zoltán Galgóczi 8068/1958, the trial of Ferenc Gyergyói and accomplices 8039/1958, the trial of Béla György 3159/1957, the trial of Sándor Illés and accomplices 925/1960, the trial of István Iványi and accomplices 1244/1958, the trial of Béla Király and accomplices 9105/1960, the trial of István Kiss 4947/1957, the trial of Vilmos Oláh and accomplices 8082/1958, the trial of Ferenc Panczer 8002/1958, the trial of Géza Takács and companion 9046/1959, the trial of József Takács and accomplices 4905/1958, the trial of Ilona Tóth and accomplices 164/1957, the trial of János Tóth and accomplices 9209/1961, the trial of Albert Turcsányi and accomplices 4016/1957, the trial of József Tutsch and accomplices 9008/1959, the trial of Mária Wittner and accomplices 8046/1958. l) At the ELTE the Information Office of the Hungarian Intellectuals' Revolutionary Committee was collecting the documents of the uprising. These archive documents were collected with a similar purpose by the associates of the public collections also (museologists, zeologists, librarians and archivists). 10 BFL XXV. 4. a. The Metropolitan Court of Budapest, criminal proceedings documents. 2251/1959. The trial of Lajos Tóth and accomplices.