István Porubszky

From th eHungarian Wikipedia page

István Porubszky, commonly known as Uncle Potyka ( Kispest, 1931 . July 31 - 2016 . April 8 ) was a Hungarian freedom fighter of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution during the Kispest resistance leading figure.

In the fall of the Revolution he emigrated to Canada, where he painted landscapes, but returned to Hungary during the change of regime.

The BRFK 1958. According to its December 16 report, the revolutionary youth organization of the district, the so-called "group K" in rapid reaction, led the Revolutionary National Guard and his group killed several Soviet soldiers in the fighting.

According to his own story, he was the foreman of the Hungária Jacquard Weaving Factory at the outbreak of the revolution. On October 23, he refused to work and joined the demonstrators gathering in front of the Small Town Council House, who had been elected a member of the local Revolutionary Committee. (His chairman was Mikófalvy Lajos lawyer.)

During his first armed campaign, he and his associates cut off the Soviet intelligence's Soroksári út line of communication. Their weapons were obtained from the police in Kispers. Later on, the Soviets were forced out of the small granite factory for a great fight. Several times they fought with the Soviet forces, including armored men, trying to fight the city center through Kispest.

The Soviet attack on November 4 was not able to withstand the poorly armed Kispest groups. Uncle Potyka was the first to fight for head and then pete injury. After carrying his wounds, he continued fighting with others until mid-November. He left the country on November 28 in Austria. He was treated with a wound infection in Linz, then in hospital in West Germany. A part of his family - his wife, son, and mother also crossed Lake Fertő and went to Canada. His daughter stayed in Hungary.