Fáklyaláng, 1964. június-október (5. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
1964-10-23 / 10. szám
1 10 FÁKLYALÁNG the store while we give him a protective cover with our guns. I have knelt under the show-window and pointed the nozzle inside the store. As soon as the boy reached the door a short series of bullets cut him down. I continued firing towards the direction the flashes were coming from. The other boys followed each other in trying to enter the store but they were all cut down by sub-machine gun fire. Left all alone I moved backward all trembling under the shocking experience. It took me about 8 or 10 shots to blast off a burning lamp on a lamp-post nearby to protect myself. In the darkness I have reached a doorway and began to cry. The fellow freedom fighters took me back to the Corvinkoz. Later on I was told that altogether two Soviet soldiers, one secret policemen were taken out dead and one Soviet soldier and three secret policemen were taken out seriously injured. The two freedom fighters were still alive when the store was taken. This horrible sight remained with me for a long time even after the revolution. I must admit that the cruelty demonstrated there by the Soviet soldiers and their secret police supporters greatly influenced me during the revolution. They did not show mercy and they did not deserve mercy. Editor: These were only excerpts from the revolutionary experiences of the legendary Pongratz Brothers. They are now working on a book which will contain the exciting story of their participation in the revolution and freedom fight of 1956. (All rights reserved) Mihály Hoka HUNGARIAN FREEDOM AWARD The Joint Central Committees of the World Federation of Hungarian Freedom Fighters (Nemzetőr) and of the Hungarian October 23rd Movement unanimously resolved to grant Hungarian Freedom Awards on the anniversaries of the October 23, 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight. Both organizations resolved to present the Hungarian Freedom Awards in the framework of the commemorative celebrations. The Awards are Gold Medals and the accompanying Diplomas. The Awards will be given to those non-Hungarian public personalities who did the most possible for the restoraubertatis ntv Nos Consilium Supremum Actionis Combattantium Hungarorum In Memoriam October 23 A.D. 1956 decrevimus una cum voce offerre nostrum Aurum Ornamentum Libertatis Excellentissi ^ Dornig qui idem accipere benigne et magnanime placuit. Ratio nostra cum donatione huius ornamenti erat et manet praesolvere nostrum gratitudinem erga hos prominentes amicos Hungáriáé, qui comprehensunt causam Hungaricam in temporibus gravissimis Revolutionis Octobriensis in A.D. millesimo nongentesimo quinquagesimo sexto. Testimonium praesentem signavimus et dedimus maxima cum gratitude et honore. Magistratus praesidens Actionis. Secretariats generalis Actionis.
