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Sopronkőhida
Sopronkőhida is a village in northwestern Hungary, 4 km north of the city Sopron and 5 km south of the border with Austria. Significance The village is the location of an infamous Hungarian military prison. Its notoriety stems from its use in 1944, by the Nyilas government to incarcerate, torture, and execute its opponents. Famous prisoners, like General Vilmos Nagy of Nagybaczon, and Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, were imprisoned here, with Bajcsy-Zsilinszky executed in late 1944. After World War II, the prison served as the holding facility for the Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials, Allied Military Tribunals until 1947, when it reverted again to serve as a prison until 1951. Prior to World War II, it served as a workhouse, and after 1951, the buildings were used for successive commercial enterprises. The Austrian border near the village was the site of the 1989 Pan-European Picnic breach by East Germans gathered to escape to Western Europe, and which precipitated the collaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
Endre Kálmán Bajcsy-Zsilinszky (June 6, 1886 – December 24, 1944) was an influential Hungarians, Hungarian National Radical Party (Hungary), national radical politician and an important voice in the struggle against Germans, German expansion and military policy. Endre was later executed for trying to launch an uprising following the establishment of the Arrow Cross Party government. Family history The Zsilinszky name first appeared in 1720, in the registry of the Lutheran church, Evangelical church (''Lutheran Church'') of Békéscsaba, where his great grandfather, Mihály Zsilinszky, a well off peasant farmer and an elected judge of Slovaks, Slovak origin, lived. Endre's grandfather (born in 1838), and his father Dr. Endre Zsilinszky, were also born in Békéscsaba. In 1883, his father married Mária Bajcsy, the stepdaughter of János Vilim, a lawyer related to the Zsilinszky family. The young couple initially resided in Szarvas and the marriage produced four children; En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
