Erzsébet Nagy
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Erzsébet Nagy (April 13, 1927 - January 29, 2008) was a Hungarian writer and the only daughter of the former Prime Minister of Hungary, Imre Nagy, who was executed following the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Erzsébet Nagy was born in the southern Hungarian city of Kaposvár on April 13, 1927.[1] She was the only child of Imre Nagy and his wife, Mária Égető.
[edit] Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and aftermath
Nagy's father, Prime Minister Imre Nagy, was leading figure in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which was crushed by troops from the Soviet Union.[1] Erzsébet Nagy, along with her parents, her husband, Ferenc Jánosi, and her children were all deported to Romania from Hungary following the failure of the Revolution.[1] Other major supporters of the uprising were also deported.[1]
Imre Nagy was returned to Hungary, as Romania was also part of the Soviet controlled Warsaw Pact. He was found guilty of treason and executed by the Hungarian Communist government.[1] Erzsébet Nagy did not return to her native Hungary until after her father's trial and execution.[1] Nagy, a writer and translator by profession, was forced to work from her home for 15 years, as she was placed under a virtual house arrest by the Hungarian Communist government.[1]
During the 1980s, Nagy became one of the co-founders of the Historical Justice Committee, which sought to exonerate those who were vilified and implicated in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by the Communists authorities.[1] Nagy actively participated in the memorial Commemorations for those killed in the uprising following the Fall of Communism in 1989.[1] She was noted for sometimes commemorating the 1956 Revolution with former Hungarian Communist officials who had supported the Soviet Union during the uprising.[1] Nagy's efforts were considered controversial by anti-Communists, but were also interpretted as an attempt to heal deep political divisions that existed from the Communist era.[1]
[edit] Death
Erzsébet Nagy died on January 29, 2008, in Budapest, Hungary from an undisclosed illness.[1] She was survived by her son and daughter.[1]
