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'''Kató Hámán''' (2 December 1884 – 31 August 1936) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Esperanto]] and [[Communist]] activist. She was a political prisoner under the |
'''Kató Hámán''' (2 December 1884 – 31 August 1936) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Esperanto]] and [[Communist]] activist. She was a political prisoner under the regime of [[Miklós Horthy]]. During the 1950s she was a workers heroine in [[Hungary]]. A stamp was issued in [[International Women's Day]] in Hungary in 1960 in her honour. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Hámán was born in [[Kompolt]] |
Hámán was born in [[Kompolt]], [[Hungary]] in 1884. She worked as a cashier for a railway company before becoming a union representative. She studied [[Esperanto]] in 1919 and her enthusiasm for the language led to her serving on committees. She was also active in the [[Hungarian Communist Party]] serving on a leading committee in 1922 with Károly Őry] and Ignác Gőgös.<ref name=short>{{cite book|last=Molnár|first=Miklós|title=A short history of the Hungarian Communist Party|year=1978|publisher=Westview Press|location=Boulder, Colo.|isbn=0891583327|page=26}}</ref> These three were described as "a troika", with Hámán as the veteran, who continued to operate even after the central committee was disbanded in 1922.<ref name=molnar>{{cite book|last=Molnár|first=Miklós|title=A short history of the Hungarian Communist Party|year=1978|publisher=Westview Press|location=Boulder, Colo.|isbn=0891583327|page=26|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0891583327}}</ref> |
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Hámán was placed on trial in 1925. She was then arrested and released several times in the next few years. Hámán died in [[Budapest]] after being released from prison in 1936. Some say that that she died of a disease caught in prison and others said that she was murdered in prison.<ref name=james/> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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After her death Kató Hámán was a heroine of the state during its communist period and two stamps were issued with her portrait on them<ref>[http://www2.arnes.si/~bcebul/st-galer-h-desna.htm Famous women on stamps], arnes.si, accessed 16 August 2013</ref> and a plaque was placed on her house. The plaque read "Kató Hámán, an eminent figure in the worker's movement who was murdered in a fascist [[Horthy]] prison lived in this house from 1919 to 1931". Like a lot of |
After her death Kató Hámán was a heroine of the state during its communist period and two stamps were issued with her portrait on them<ref>[http://www2.arnes.si/~bcebul/st-galer-h-desna.htm Famous women on stamps], arnes.si, accessed 16 August 2013</ref> and a plaque was placed on her house. The plaque read "Kató Hámán, an eminent figure in the worker's movement who was murdered in a fascist [[Horthy]] prison lived in this house from 1919 to 1931". Like a lot of Communist era statues and memorials her marble plaque is now in [[Memento Park]] in Budapest. The guide book also supplies a biography which records that she died from disease she contracted in prison.<ref name=james>{{cite book|last=James|first=Beverly A.|title=Imagining postcommunism : visual narratives of Hungary's 1956 Revolution|year=2005|page=34|publisher=Texas A & M Univ. Press|location=College Station|isbn=1585444057|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1585444057|edition=1. ed.}}</ref> |
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In the 1950s there was a school and streets that were named in her honour but these have mostly been renamed. In 1956 there was a statue of her at the entrance to the [[Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal|Western Railway Station]] in Budapest.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b8lnAAAAMAAJ Hungary: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Armchair], Zoltán Halász, 1956</ref> |
In the 1950s there was a school and streets that were named in her honour but these have mostly been renamed. In 1956 there was a statue of her at the entrance to the [[Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal|Western Railway Station]] in Budapest.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b8lnAAAAMAAJ Hungary: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Armchair], Zoltán Halász, 1956</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:22, 17 August 2013
Kato Haman | |
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| File:1308 Portrait 60.jpg a stamp in her honour | |
| Born | 2 December 1884 |
| Died | 31 August 1936 |
| Cause of death | see discussion |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Known for | communist heroine |
Kató Hámán (2 December 1884 – 31 August 1936) was a Hungarian Esperanto and Communist activist. She was a political prisoner under the regime of Miklós Horthy. During the 1950s she was a workers heroine in Hungary. A stamp was issued in International Women's Day in Hungary in 1960 in her honour.
Life
Hámán was born in Kompolt, Hungary in 1884. She worked as a cashier for a railway company before becoming a union representative. She studied Esperanto in 1919 and her enthusiasm for the language led to her serving on committees. She was also active in the Hungarian Communist Party serving on a leading committee in 1922 with Károly Őry] and Ignác Gőgös.[1] These three were described as "a troika", with Hámán as the veteran, who continued to operate even after the central committee was disbanded in 1922.[2]
Hámán was placed on trial in 1925. She was then arrested and released several times in the next few years. Hámán died in Budapest after being released from prison in 1936. Some say that that she died of a disease caught in prison and others said that she was murdered in prison.[3]
Legacy
After her death Kató Hámán was a heroine of the state during its communist period and two stamps were issued with her portrait on them[4] and a plaque was placed on her house. The plaque read "Kató Hámán, an eminent figure in the worker's movement who was murdered in a fascist Horthy prison lived in this house from 1919 to 1931". Like a lot of Communist era statues and memorials her marble plaque is now in Memento Park in Budapest. The guide book also supplies a biography which records that she died from disease she contracted in prison.[3]
In the 1950s there was a school and streets that were named in her honour but these have mostly been renamed. In 1956 there was a statue of her at the entrance to the Western Railway Station in Budapest.[5]
References
- ^ Molnár, Miklós (1978). A short history of the Hungarian Communist Party. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. p. 26. ISBN 0891583327.
- ^ Molnár, Miklós (1978). A short history of the Hungarian Communist Party. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. p. 26. ISBN 0891583327.
- ^ a b James, Beverly A. (2005). Imagining postcommunism : visual narratives of Hungary's 1956 Revolution (1. ed. ed.). College Station: Texas A & M Univ. Press. p. 34. ISBN 1585444057.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Famous women on stamps, arnes.si, accessed 16 August 2013
- ^ Hungary: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Armchair, Zoltán Halász, 1956
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