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Remembrance in Time
This presentation contains cases which were negotiated by the No. 1 committee and the
primary aim of this presentation is to show whether there were some kind of logic in the
justificatory processes or the decisions were made on a subjective basis.
The constant/permanent members of the No.1 committee were as follows:
József Dékány: a delegate from the Independent Small Holders Party. He was a well
known person here in Hódmezıvásárhely. He had been a government commissioner
responsible for flood control since the 1940s, had been member of the local/municipal
board, and vice-mayor of the city. In 1946 the Independent Small Holders Party called
back its members.
Sándor Szenti: carpenter, craftsman (who had done the first three classes of the
elementary school and one in higher elementary school), who was a delegate of the trade
unions and who had been in most of the cases the head of the committee. It’s worth
mentioning here that he was accused of having been the member of the Arrow-Cross
Party (a right-wing political party during the Second World War). He claimed in his lawcase
that he was challenged by István Fejes to join the party what he had refused and then
he went to participate in fortification works. It’s thought-provoking that in his own lawcase
he was the head of the committee. By the nomination of the Hungarian Communist
Party he had been the member of the local board since the 23rd of July in 1945 following
Mihály Pótári who had passed away before.
Imre Molnár: He also often was the head of the committee however he was a
supplement member on the list of the Hódmezıvásárhely justificatory committees.
János Kis
János Haraszti
and János Vad
Besides the above temporary members we have on the list the following supplement
members who were not detached to certain committees but they were probably grouped
according to the party that they followed or were the members of. ( I said probably
because I did not find any data concerning it).
Diószegi Ferenc, Papp Lajos, Karácsonyi Sándor 2 , Tóth Ferenc, Albert Imre
Kis Lajos, K. Tóth Sándor, Molnár Imre, Tóth János, Félix János
Borsi János, Benke Imre, Vata Ernı, Imre Ernı, Pálffy-Palócz János
Lévai János, Bangó János, Bereczki Ferenc, Sápi Imre, Szabó Kálmán
Koska János, Szıke Imre, Kiss Bálint, Csucs Imre, Angyal Sándor
Nagy János, Zombory István 3 , Kristó János, Molnár András, Hódi Sándor
2 Karácsonyi Sándor 1944-45-ben az FKGP pártelnöke, az 1944. ıszén megalakuló közgyőlés FKGP-s
küldöttje volt. 1945. januárjában az MNFF határozatot hozott arról, hogy nyilas pártok tagjai nem
lehetnek a demokratikus pártok és a Nemzeti Bizottság tagjai; a volt kormánypártok (Nemzeti Egység
Pártja, Magyar Élet Pártja) vezetıi szintén nem lehetnek NB-tagok, sem demokratikus pártok vezetıi.
Karácsonyi Sándor elismerte, hogy eljárt a nyilasok győléseire, bár a pártnak nem volt tagja. A
kommunista Oláh Mihály azonban olyan állítólagos nyilas titkári jelentéseket olvasott fel, amelyeken
Karácsonyi Sándor neve szerepelt. A NB alelnökét felszólították, hogy tisztázza magát.2 Mivel ezt
Karácsonyi Sándor nem tette meg, kizárták a Nemzeti Bizottságból. 2 Karácsonyi Sándor ugyanakkor
tagja maradt a törvényhatósági bizottságnak, a várostanácsnak, sıt pártja az igazoló bizottságba is
tagként delegálta. A baloldal egyébként már 1944. novemberében támadta ıt azért, mert MÉP-vezetı
volt, illetve mert társaival „a nagybirtokot és a nagybirtok révén a mindenkori kormányt igyekeztek
szolgálni” – BENCSIK 3., 7. o.