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- Title
A HONVÉDMENHÁZ TÖRTÉNETE 1914–1919.
- Authors
ZOLTÁN, RESS-WIMMER
- Abstract
Since its establishment in 1872, the Honvéd Asylum has served as the home for the elderly veterans of '48 on Soroksári Road in Budapest. On the eve of the First World War, the building's 150-person capacity was. only utilized to 60%, reflecting the decline in the number of the still living participants of the revolution, which significantly impacted the subsequent fate of the institution. The accommodation of a large number of war-disabled veterans of the Great War in the Ferencváros facility remained an ongoing question, but during the 1910s, even as the ranks of the veterans of '48 continued to dwindle, they were given priority for the use of the building. We gain insight into how, while the Sword of Damocles hung over the fate of the building, the inhabitants of the forty-eighters veterans' home experienced the times of war and how their numbers changed over the years. They participated in protocol events, funerals of former comrades, and bid farewell to their former commander, Artúr Görgei. The study reveals how the residents of the veterans’ home related to the Hungarian Soviet Republic and how they experienced the Romanian occupation.
- Subjects
BUDAPEST (Hungary); WORLD War I; WAR; VETERANS; REVOLUTIONS; FUNERALS; OLDER people; REINTEGRATION of veterans
- Publication
Korunk, 2023, Issue 10, p90
- ISSN
1222-8338
- Publication type
Article