János Bárány

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János Bárány (Répcelak, 24 January 1930 - Budapest, 18 February 1959) toolmaker, revolutionary, martyr of post-1956 retaliation.

His mother was lost very early, an he was raised by his grandparents He was seven when her father took his. After completing the eight general studies, he studied locksmiths and received a letter of assistance from the Csepel Iron and Metal Workshops in 1948. Here he started working as a tool-making locksmith, all the while he was in the job. Later, he also learned the metalwork profession. He married in 1950, he was called a soldier to the ÁVH for the following year, trying to commit suicide because of his family problems. He joined the party in 1954, but he did not take up, although he was a double stahawain.

He joined the demonstration on 23 October. The siege of the Hungarian Radio brought workers from Csepeland weapons. On the 25th or 26th, Tompa Street Group chose to be the leader. Unity ensured public order, but he fought several times against the Soviet troops. On October 30, he was one of those who negotiated with Minister of State Zoltán Tildy. On November 4, Soviet military invasion of the group resisted hard.

When the armed struggle failed, he started with his girlfriend Klára Hajnal to the Austrian border on November 15. Three days later, however, the Croatian border guards captured Horvátzsidány and were taken to Szombathely. From there they arrived in Budapest on the 21st, as they were detained for three days.

Returning to Csepel, he became a member of the workers' council of the plant and then appointed as a delegate of the Csepel Revolutionary Youth Association to Csepel Nagymunkastanács. He joined the armed organization of the Bastiya group called the illegal movement: he distributed leaflets and weapons.

He was first arrested on December 10, and although released on January 22, he was imprisoned again on 20 April. Meanwhile, he filed for divorce in March, ending his marriage in May. As the fifth-order defendant of Nagy József and his associates, he was sentenced to death on May 22, 1958 by the Municipal Court of Budapest, notorious Gusztáv Tutsek. János Borbély, the leader of the "Smiling Death" - a Supreme Court of Secrecy - issued the verdict on 10 February 1959. After rejecting his petition, János Bárány was executed on February 18, 1959.