Pál Gosztonyi, a mechanic engineer, took an active part in the revolution together with his two sons. He made a statement about the situation of workers in Hungary. The committee asked him questions about the role of the workers' councils during and after the revolution. He also mentioned religion in his statement, and was asked questions about anti-Semitism in Hungary before and during the revolution, and in the refugee camps. Lajos Várfalvi, president of the revolutionary workers' council in South Budapest, made a statement about the most important events of the revolution.
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Creation Note:
Records of this digital collection were assembled to document the work of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary established on January 10, 1957 by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of investigating the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Principal contributor(s): United Nations Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary
Source:
Records of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary: UN Documents (HU OSA 398-0-1)
"Procès-verbal de la trente-huitième séance (privée)", 18 March 1957. HU OSA 398-0-1-6582; Records of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary: UN Documents; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.
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