Kriszta Csák-Nagy “Now, Andrea, you won’t have any more children, will you?" - Risk, Adventure and Challenge with 11 kids With ten siblings, you have to fight for attention as well as a good seat in the minibus. But you're never bored, and there's...
Lilla Zeke "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...
Andrea Csongor “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...
Henrietta Vadas “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...
Kriszta Csák-Nagy Sugar bell, sugar stamp, sugar room – Marzipan Land, the empire of the Oscar-winning Lajos Kopcsik It’s not only the taste of sweets that you can enjoy, but also the sight of them. This is especially true when someone uses...
Ágnes Bodonovich “I was an altar boy in the morning and a thief in the afternoon” – The testimony of a Franciscan monk The life of Franciscan monk Mihály Zillich - or as everyone calls him, Brother Misi - is a good example of how God is...
Ágnes Bodonovich "No arms, but I’ve received many other things from God" Born without arms, Borbála Ivicsics has been using her legs for everything since she was a baby. She knows no impossible, and once she...
Adrián Szász dr. Robert Capa, the world's best-known war photographer had a passionate desire for peace "It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian", said Robert Capa, the greatest war reporter in the history of photography...
Andrea Csongor "No one will commit suicide with beautiful, freshly washed hair...” "If anyone thinks it would help them, or just make them feel better, please get in touch! I offer free haircuts to people in...
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...