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...
Andrea Csongor
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...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
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...
Andrea Csongor
”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, in other...
Adrián Szász dr.
"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...
Ágnes Németh
„Many teenagers who believed in freedom died in the revolution”
I feel it's my duty to embrace the goal of the boys in Pest in '56, and that's why I'm working to help Hungarian...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
This is how the girl in the red coat remembers the revolution: 'We breathed together'
She did not even suspect that she would become a messenger of freedom when she put on her red coat and headed to the...
Adrián Szász dr.
The champion who found his way home - Ferenc Puskás has everything we Hungarians love about ourselves
There aren’t many Hungarians who do not have at least one, direct or indirect memory of Ferenc Puskás. For me, the first of these...
Zsuzsa Máthé
The most honoured daughter of the country - Countess Antonia Zichy, wife of Lajos Batthyány
The consort of the martyred Prime Minister, Count Lajos Batthyány, executed on 6 October 1849, was not only a faithful wife but also an...
Ágnes Bodonovich
"Radios are the realisation of my childhood dream" - One hundred and thirty-one historical radios in Tardos
András Tarnóczy fell in love with radios as a child and by the age of eleven had already built his own device. His passion...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
The political authorities were afraid of psychology! ” – Emőke Bagdy and her colleagues were all monitored
She is considered one of the most knowledgeable psychologists in the country, though her success did not come free. Thanks to her dedication and...
Adrián Szász dr.
"This country is amazing, though I would just change the climate sometimes" - After having lived on three continents, Dorottya Szilágyi is now training at home for competition.
You have to be a great adventurer to grow up in Hungary and then live in Australia, in New Zealand and South Africa, though...