Lobby: HL-Action: Open letter to Hungarian PM - Rehabilitate Ilona Toth

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Background:

To discredit the 1956 Glorious Revolution in Hungary, the Kadar regime set out
to prove to the World that the uprising was instigated and led by common
criminals. For their purposes they have chosen a 24 years old medical student,
Ms. Ilona Toth, who was working in a hospital saving lives of freedom
fighters and Russian soldiers alike. This innocent, young woman was falsely
accused of murdering a communist security policeman by injecting gasoline into
his veins. She was sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was carried out
on June 28 1957.

Investigation into Ms. Toth's case revealed the victim to be fictitious.
Character witnesses testified that she was incapable of carrying out such a
horrendous act. So far, the Hungarian Department of Justice refused to review
her case. We ask that the charges against Ms. Ilona Toth to be dismissed.
Thus rehabilitating her, giving peace of mind to her surviving relatives and
removing the slander from the Glorious 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

What to do:

If you agree with the letter below and would like to actively participate in
this Action please sign your name to either the Hungarian or English version
of the letter and send it to PM Viktor Orban at
viktor.orban...@mkogy.hu or by snail-mail to Prime Minister Viktor
Orban (Dr. Orban Viktor, Miniszterelnok), Parlament, Kossuth ter 1-3, Budapest
1055, Hungary

I. Hungarian Version:

Nyilt level Dr. Orbán Viktorhoz, a Magyar Koztarsasag Miniszterelnokehez:

Evek ota figyeljuk Toth Ilona orvostanhallgato, 1956-os martir, rehabilitacios
ugyet.
Szegyenkezve es elkeseredve allapitjuk meg, hogy a Magyar igazsagszolgaltatas
tiz ev ota nem volt kepes Toth Ilonanak kijaro tiszteletet es megbecsulest
megadni, csupan azert, mert annak idejen a kommunista bosszuallas Ot
kozonseges gyilkossaggal vadolta. Nem tudjuk elhinni, hogy ha az akarat
megvan, ne lehessen az igazsagot kideriteni es bebizonyitani Toth Ilona
artatlansagat.

Ez a szegyenfolt nem csak a volt kommunista kormanyoke, hanem bearnyekolja a
jelenlegi kormany becsuletet is. Ha mar nem lehet a bunosoket felfedni es
melto buntetest kimerni rajuk, legalabb az artatlanok nevet kell tisztara
mosni. Ez a legkevesebb amit a Magyar Nemzet neveben meg kell tenni. E nelkul
nem lesz megbekeles es a nemzeti lelkiseg gyogyulasa sem kovetkezhet be.

Tisztelettel

Helcz Tibor, elnok
Haverland Attila, fotitkar

A Volt Magyar Politikai Foglyok Vilagszovetsege neveben

Dr. Alfonz Lengyel, ugyvezeto elnok
Haverland Attila, regionalis alelnok

A Magyar Amerikaiak Orszagos Szovetsege neveben.
Szabadsagharcosok Vilagszovetsege USA.

II. English Version:

Open letter to Dr. Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary.

For years we have been closely following the case of rehabilitating medical
student, Ms. Ilona Toth, a martyr of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. We are
ashamed and exasperated to see that for the past ten years the Hungarian
Justice System has
been unable to give Ms. Ilona Toth due respect and esteem simply because, in
the past, the vengeful Communist Regime declared her a common murderess. We
cannot believe that if there is a will the truth cannot be discovered and Ms.
Ilona Toth, posthumously declared innocent of all charges against her.

This mark of shame does not only belong to the past Communist Regime but also
casts its shadow on the integrity of the current Government. If the
criminals cannot be brought to justice, at least, the names of innocents
should be cleared of false accusations. This is the least that needs to be
done in the name of the Hungarian Nation. Without it there will not be
reconciliation and the national soul will never be healed.
(MH)

Respectfully,
Helcz Tibor, president
Haverland Attila, first secretary

In the name of the World Federation of Ex-Hungarian Political Prisoners
Dr. Alfonz Lengyel, President/CEO
Haverland Attila, Regional Vice President

The Hungarian-Americans National Federation
Freedom Fighters World Federation, USA