But Forget the Cannon – Dream That You’re Back Home

Székesfehérvár, which changed hands several times, became the scene of desperate and bloody fights in the last days of war. Many Soviet troops fell during the battles fought in the vicinity of the town, whose corpses were laid to final rest in Béke Square as early as 1945. The military cemetery, whose condition was deteriorating, has been renovated by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation from funds provided by the Pokolenie Foundation. More than 4,000 names are carved into the new marble cenotaphs, which deservedly commemorate the Russian, Azeri, Belarus, Kazakh, Ukrainian and Moldavian fallen soldiers. Tamás Vargha said that those initiating the renovation of the cemetery “obeyed the eternal law of humanity, because dead soldiers are humans who deserve the last honors beyond the borders of their homeland too." Antigone too, obeyed the eternal law of the gods when she buried the enemy attacking her town, the Parliamentary State Secretary recalled.

Péter Róth, the deputy mayor of the town shared this opinion too. He assured those present that Székesfehérvár continues to pay the deserved honor and tribute to the cemetery and the townspeople in the future as well.

Besides the speeches of tribute, chaplains of different denominations said prayers, then the commemorators and relatives laid their wreaths at the memorial. Tamás Vargha said the last farewell to the dead soldiers by quoting Hungarian poet Árpád Tóth: “But forget the cannon – Dream That You’re Back Home."