István Füzéki

From the Hungarian Wikipedia page [1]

Füzéki István (Budapest, 1934 - Budapest, 9 November 1956) only (known) martyred librarian of the 1956 revolution.

István Füzéki came from an intellectual Jewish family. His father worked as an engineer at the Dunakotró Company, where he was later sent for his training. After the outbreak of the war, they had to move from their home (from the Pasaréti road) to Heart No. 26 to another Jewish family. On October 15, 1944, with his brother, Bálint Füzéki (who is currently a retired psychiatrist) together with his father, he took them to the priesthood institute from which he was once found at the Vörösmarty utca 34 at the Virgin Mary Society. Before Christmas 1944, they had to move to the cellar because of the life threat of war. In November they moved to their mother, but their identity could not be discovered because of the fake papers. In 1952 he graduated in Budapest II. Ferenc Rákóczi Secondary School, where on November 11, 2011 a memorial plaque was opened in his honor. After that, he successfully graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the Budapest University, where he finished the librarianship course in 1956. Having obtained his diploma, he became a member of the Library of the Central Statistical Office.

1956. On 4 November the Soviet troops invaded Budapest. At the Faculty of Law, university students, including István Füzéki, had resisted. The escape route ran through the cellar towards the seminary, but the Russians discovered it. Although the resisters were promised free dismissal in the event of their surrender, they were herded together after they surrendered. István Füzéki protested about this.

The most detailed picture of the day's events can be found in the article of the National Széchényi Library:

"On November 4, when the Russians invaded the city as a national guard the Law Faculty tried to defend some of the building on the Danube. That morning, Soviet armored men surrounded the university. It quickly became clear, there was no escape. The cruel irony of fate is that István Füzéki spoke excellent Russian, so the others asked him to negotiate the terms of the surrender. For a while, it seemed that everything would be okay, since the Soviets agreed that warriors would leave their weapons in the building. Someone recalled what the security was, and the Russian officer reverted against his word of honour. Yes, they believed it was their upbringing. At the moment, however, as the guys appeared unarmed in front of the building, the Soviets held everyone in custody. Prisoners are at the Széchényi Square Interior Ministry they were escorted to their building and stood against the wall. The Russian captain cursed and said that everybody here was fascist. That was when István Füzéki, who knew exactly who the Fascist was and who was not. He said, "You are fascists! What were you looking for in my country? "Then every prisoner was moved to the first floor of the building, but István Füzéki was no longer in the fight. It was supposed to be highlighted and taken away elsewhere."

We can not be sure of any further fate, according to one version, the Russians shot down, but this is not supported by either a written source or an eyewitness: Tibor Horváth, who last saw him, writes in his remembrance:

"When the room we were planning was ready, hey quickly and forcefully shoved us upstairs with cries of "davaj, davaj, büstro, büstro" István Füzéki was emphasized, there was no one among us in the room, nobody else saw it. From the family I know that days later his personal documents were thrown into their mailbox without any accompanying text. Perhaps the retribution wanted to admit it was destroyed. I would say, the fate of the first born boy was fulfilled.

There is no trace of István Füzéki, not even a file can be found at his newly occupied workplace or at the university. If his brother wasn't so steadfast and self-sacrificing, he wouldn't even be remembered.""

The Füzéki memorial poem by László Erős was born in 1957. In 2002, a small volume commemorated his life, and in the same year, his younger brother and the Association of Hungarian Librarians founded an award bearing his name.

Three plaques were dedicated in his honor: one in the National Széchényi Library, another in his school, II. In Ferenc Rákóczi High School on November 11, 2011, the third on the facade of the ELTE law faculty building, at the entrance to the law library in 2003.

His memorial was founded in 2002 by Dr. Bálint Füzéki, approved by the Association of Hungarian Librarians .
A memorial was created in honor of István Füzéki and other librarians who participated in the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence. Each year, the commemorative medal may be awarded to a public librarian or a professional literary worker. The award is awarded by a five-member board of trustees with a simple oral majority.

A book written by him (in Hungarian) here.