Szabolcs-Szatmár-Beregi levéltári évkönyv 13. (Nyíregyháza, 1999)

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revolutionary committee of the county, Istvan Sziklai was delegated to the town's Workers' Council, Laszlo Debreczeni was commander of the National Guard, Mihaly Barota and Karoly Bencs supervised the radio and Antal Lengyel supervised the press. Although the members of the revolutionary committee were co-opted into the town and county revolutionary committees, their proposals regarding he structure of these committees were not implemented. The recommendations included a call for new elections and setting up one single central revolutionary authority. Laszlo Debreczeni and Istvan Sziklai were not given any position in the leadership of the National Guard, but they managed to occupy the desired position in the radio (Laszlo Bencs and Mihaly Barota) and in the daily titled "Szatmar N6pe" (Antal Lengyel). Bela Babicz, the medical doctor member of the committee, chaired the central committee formed by the hospital, the out-patient clinic and the health department of the town council. The new committee made a resolution to remove from their positions the people appointed formerly by the Communist Party. The committee sent a document to the county revolutionary committee on 1 November in which they demanded the confiscation of the archives of AVH (the Communist secret police), and the removal of Communist leaders from all fields of administration. They did not receive any answer to their document as Soviet occupation soon began. The Court-Martial of Debrecen sentenced Gyorgy Lupkovics to 15 years of imprisonment for his activity in the committee of professionals and for organizing the Smallholders' Party. The punishment of Istvan Sziklai and Laszl6 Debreczeni was one year in prison each, Karoly Bencs was sentenced to 18 months. The County Court of Nyiregyhaza sentenced Mihaly Barota to 1 year imprisonment. The Supreme Court increased Bela Babicz's punishment to 2 years. Both Antal Lengyel and Arnold Demjanovics escaped punishment as they left the country. Istvan Balogh FOUR CHARTERS ISSUED BY THE BATHORY FAMILY (1330-1332) Nyirbator (a provincial town before 1872, and a village between 1873 and 1939) stored a heavily damaged and water-stained charter in its archives before 1928. The size of the charter is 73,5 x 54 cm, and it was written in late humanistic style. The charter is a certified copy made at the chancellery of King Ladislaus II. The chancellery of King John I confirmed this copied charter in 1512. The charter copied and confirmed in 1512 in fact contains four charters of privilege issued by King Louis I. One was issued on 15 March 1330, two on 17 February 1332 and one on 8 March 1332. All the four charters were issued to members of the Bathori family of the clan Gut-Keled. Only three of the four brothers were alive in 1332. According to the family tradition, confirmed in writing in the middle of the 15

th century, King St. Stephen gave the domain Bator to two valiant and outstanding warriors of the Gut-Keled clan. From that time on, the family derived their name from the