Magyar Egyetemisták és Főiskolások Szövetsége · October–November 1956

MEFESZ (Union of Hungarian University and Academy Students)

MEFESZ

An independent student organization reestablished at the University of Szeged on 16 October 1956. Originally founded in 1945 as a democratic university student federation, it was dissolved by the Rákosi regime by 1948. Students revived it in the autumn of 1956 in defiance of DISZ, the official communist youth organization. At a mass assembly on 20 October it adopted political and educational reform demands that, refined into the Sixteen Points at the Budapest Technical University, became the basis for the 23 October demonstration and the spark of the Hungarian Revolution.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN) MEFESZ reestablished 16 Oct 1956 in Szeged, banned by Rákosi government; 22 Oct reestablished at Budapest Technical University; Sixteen Points proclaimed; organized 23 Oct demonstration
  2. hu.wikipedia.org Full Hungarian name, founding history 1945–1948 and revival 16 Oct 1956 at Szeged; leaders Kiss Tamás, Lejtényi András; demands adopted 20 Oct; spread to Budapest, Miskolc, Pécs 22 Oct
  3. Wikipedia (RU) MEFESZ founded at Szeged University 20 October 1956, formulated first draft of 16 Points, refined at Budapest Technical University 22 October
  4. hungarianreview.com Eyewitness account: MEFESZ set up at Szeged on 16 October; originally established 1945, dissolved by Communists by 1948; Budapest Tech meeting 22 Oct; Tamás Kiss from Szeged spoke; 14/16 Points drafted
  5. coldwar.hu Academic study: AHUCS/MEFESZ founded Szeged 16 Oct 1956; first official document Diáktestvéreink! (17 Oct 1956); name clarification; spark of revolution
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