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From the Hungarian Wikipedia page [1]

Béla Békési (Makó, 3 November 1926 - Budapest, 22 April 1958) was a Hungarian medical student.

After graduation, he worked as an auxiliary in the Ganz factory. He was then the office administrator of the Ganz factory. He married in 1951 and her daughter was born in 1952. In 1951 he worked as an operating surgeon at the accident hospital. He divorced his wife; he lived in the hospital. From 1953 to 1956 he was a student at the medical school.

He was a participant in the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence. On October 28, 1956, he joined the University National Guard. Arrested on 11 February 1957. On 4 October 1957 he was sentenced to life imprisonment. This judgement was followed by the death penalty on 15 April 1958.

His tomb is located in the cemetery of Rákoskeresztúr.

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