Talk:László Almásy
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[edit] Love life?
The film "The English Patient" implies that his lover's husband initially believed he was a homosexual. I'd like to know whether the real life Almasy may have been a homosexual.
- There were some indications to this direction, including letters to a German pilot that were reputedly love letters. Haven't seen any of them myself, though - Skysmith 10:20, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
- There are letters to Almasy from a German officer, but there is no letter from him. There is no evidence to support the suggested homosexuality, similarly, there is no evidence that Almasy worked for the Nazis. There is evidence he saved Jews during the war and he was helped to escape from Hungary by British intelligence... It is rather unfair to present not facts but fiction as fact, and fabricate evidence for one's interest. 1 feburary, 2006, Almásy Researcher
Almasy is the author of: "With Rommel in Africa" which ought to take care of where his allegiance's lay during WW II.
English authors suggest he was indeed homosexual or possibly bi-sexual.
- One of the latest books on Almasy states he was indeed gay or bisexual. I'm not sure how to work either of these references into the article: [1] and [2]. If someone with more knowledge about Almasy could do that, I'd appreciate it! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 21:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
- The last books on Almásy were written for fame and/or money and used information the authors could find in other books and published papers... Tell me please, why is his sexual orientation the primary concern of the authors? I can not understand the point here: is a heterosexual explorer something better than a gay one? What is important in a biography? Is it really fair to use unreliable and insufficient information to put a pink label on someone who is just not the average? Is there an English author who could provide any evidence beyond suspicion? Or is it an addiction?
Suggestions, suspicions and speculations (not to mention plain wishes) are not enough to mark someone gay or bisexual. If I wrote some book in which I suggest that Winston Churchill was a secret gay, than should we put the rainbow tag on his article? Don't think so. To make things worse, there isn't a single word in the article about his sexuality, which contradicts Wikipedia guidelines for categorisation. Until someone cite some credible reference (much-much better than that Vue-Weekly pamphlet, or some "suggestions") about his proven homo- or bisexuality, I removed the LGBT category. I suggest to create a section in which these theories could be mentioned as theories, with proper references, of course. Pannonius (talk) 08:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Berrow School
Could someone with the books pse check out Berrow School and his time in Eastbourne? I have a list of private schools of that period but nothing of that name comes up. Comments greatly appreciated. Mikeo1938 18:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Almásy Family
The article herein states that Almásy's family was untitled aristocracy. I am a bit confused about this, as my understanding has always been that they have been counts since at least the 1700's, as, in some genealogical work I am doing, I have come across a Countess Maria Beatrix zu Hardegg, auf Glatz u im Machlande marrying an Imre Ignac Zsádányi es törökszentmiklósi Grof Almásy (1751-1840). "Grof" in Hungarian means "Count", so I am assuming that the family was already titled at this time. If my information is incorrect, it would assist my studies greatly if someone could correct me and direct me to the proper resources on this subect. Thank you.Alejandro10009 (talk) 23:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
A European family can be noble without being titled. The family of Laszlo Almasy did not have a title before his services to Karl von Habsburg. There was also an Almasy family that were not close relatives of Laszlo Almasy who were titled before that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.240.206.200 (talk) 00:14, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
