Saving Jews with currant jam – The fascinating life story of the unjustly forgotten Géza Soos
To fly a stolen German plane over the front to the Allies, to save the lives of a dozen Jews and prisoners of war...
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The "Melbourne bloodbath", the revenge of the Hungarian water polo team – How we repaid the crushing of the '56 revolution
It would surely be difficult to find a connection between the sight of blood mixing with the pool water, the Olympic performance of our... -
The 17-year-old Hungarian Lego designer, whose tabletop foosball is now available as a set by LEGO
There is no one in Hungary who wouldn't know what Lego is. The joy of building can fascinate even the youngest children, and after... -
”Professional musicians need nerves of steel and the physical condition of an astronaut” – There might be a lot of pain behind musical achievements
As early as 1959, Zoltán Kodály noticed that there were many health problems among musicians: tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, spinal disorders, and, in... -
"I see from my memories" – as a teenager, for Norbert Biró, Paralympic bronze medallist, everything got blurred
He started out as a promising junior national judo player, but at the age of 16 his eyesight began to deteriorate rapidly. As a... -
"The Hungarian scientist who received the Nobel Prize" – Ferenc Krausz in service of humanity
"From the podium, it's hard to tell who will win a Nobel Prize, but you can see who is ambitious. Ferenc Krausz was one... -
“How come we haven't noticed this before?” – was asked from Katalin Karikó, who in turn discovered it and received the Nobel Prize
The question was asked at a party by a scientist who had earlier repeatedly criticized Katalin Karikó , the Hungarian biochemist who has just... -
“As a maid, I knew every nook and cranny of the Habsburg castle in Alcsút” – the story of 98-year-old Sári néni
Sára Komárominé Vojna, or Sári néni , was born on 1 November 1925 in Alcsút, where she grew up as the fourth child in... -
The adventurous journey of Éva, a young Roma social worker from Tata to Berlin – "To be human in all circumstances"
Éva Ádám is a young woman who has seen so many touching human stories that a lifetime might not be enough to tell them... -
World success chased him in vain, never caught up with him – Sándor Iharos, a runner who was faster than everyone
It is said that in Hungary in the 1950s, Sándor Iharos was to athletics what Ferenc Puskás was to football. In 1955, he was... -
“A food photo is only good if it makes you want to go and get it!” – Food photographer Réka Csulak's works win international awards
She takes photos of food, often preparing the dishes herself, based on her own recipes, and is usually the food stylist for the photos... -
Regina Káró: ”If you fail at something, there is only one thing you should never do: quit. Because you can always try again.”
At the age of 23, Regina Káró felt she had made it: she successfully graduated from college and spent her internship at a luxury... -
A new icon is born in Liverpool: Dominik Szoboszlai – The power that can raise him among the best
He was just 19 when we sat down to talk in a café in Székesfehérvár a few days before Christmas in 2019. He was... -
Protecting abused girls in Transcarpathia, Ukraine – the story of a Hungarian pastor
Almost two decades ago, Pastor Viktória Katona 's life in Transcarpathia began with a ten-month ministry in Velyka Dobron (Nagydobrony), Ukraine. Later, she was... -
Hungary's only active ice sculptor who is also a chainsaw woodcarver – "We've even carved an ice carriage that you could sit in"
István Gáborecz, who is originally from Transcarpathia, initially wanted to become a painter, but his application form was mixed up during the admission procedure... -
Learning a new language at the age of 92 – Kató Lomb, one of the world's first simultaneous interpreters
She struggled with German as a child, but a few decades later, a Russian-English dictionary she found in a resale shop sealed her fate... -
”Like the slave market in the colonies” – Gyula Patasy’s vivid memories of the deportation
If you are lucky enough to live for seven or eight decades, you are bound to suffer the inevitable consequences of history. Among the...
