The memorial plaque commemorating the insurgents of Corvin köz was installed on the outer wall of the Corvin Cinema in 1994. The plaque with a bronze relief contains the emblem of a flag with a hole in which the Kossuth coat-of-arms can be seen. The originators of this memorial plaque as well as the artist are unknown. László Szabó was born into a ten-member working class family in Újkéren (Komitat Györ-Moson-Sopron) in 1933. His father was a farm hand, his mother passed away in 1946. After attending grade school, Szabó worked as an unskilled labourer, then after 1954 as a motorist, and finally, as a prison guard in Pécs on a temporary basis. After mid-1956, he was an employee at an ironware business in Budapest. Although his role in the Revolution was significant, it is extremely difficult to reconstruct his activities during this period. After October 24, 1956, Szabó joined forces with the insurgents in the Corvin Passage, was involved in the battles and played a vital role in organising the resistance. After the renewed invasion of Soviet troops on November 4th, Szabó commanded a contingent of 300 persons, who then retreated to the Austrian border. Near Tarján, they were nonetheless worn down in skirmishes with Soviet troops. On January 19, 1957, Szabó was arrested and condemned to ten years imprisonment on September 13, 1957. In the wake of the general amnesty, he was released on March 28, 1963. Jánosz Mész was born in Pécs in 1931, the son of a working class family. His father was imprisoned in 1942, which forced Mész to spend his childhood in a children's home. After the end of the war, he worked as a hired labourer, until finding a position at the Budapest Machine Factory at the beginning of the 1950's. As a result of a train accident in Szentendre for which he was at fault, Mész lost a leg. In addition to this, he was also given an eight month prison sentence because of the event. After his release, Mész married and resided in the 8th Municipal District. When the Revolution broke out on October 23, 1956, he took part in the first demonstrations, and then joined the insurgents at Corvin köz. There, Mész was practically the commander of the artillery units, and championed radical positions during negotiations with the military leadership. Due to his unique personality, which is documented in many photographs and filmings, Mész became a symbolic figure of the „Boys of Pest“. After the renewed invasion of Soviet troops on November 4th, Mész continued the armed fight with heavy munitions, while distinguishing himself through his bravery. Shortly thereafter, he was seriously wounded and died of his injuries on November 19, 1956. Péter Renner was born in Brno (formerly Czechoslovakia, today the Czech Republic) on March 20, 1933. His father was a bank director, his mother was a Hungarian of Jewish ancestry. The parents had been separated since the beginning of the 1940's. The mother was able to survive German occupation, although the entire maternal side of the family was murdered. After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, the family fled to Hungary due to increased discrimination. At the end of the 1940's, the mother emigrated to Great Britain, while Péter Renner remained in Hungary. In 1951, he obtained his higher education qualification in Esztergom and began an apprenticeship as a cartographer. He was called up for military service in 1953, but was sentenced to six months imprisoned by a military court on the charges of betraying confidential information. After completing his term of service, he was once again sentenced to imprisonment by a Budapest court on the grounds of monetary fraud. After the outbreak of the Revolution on October 23, 1956, Renner took part in the demonstrations and was present when the Stalin monument was toppled. In the industrial centre Csepel, he distributed the flyers of the insurgents to the workers. The Hungarian Secret Police ÀHV arrested Renner on October 24th. He remained incarcerated until October 29th, during which he was mistreated. After his release, he joined forces with the insurgents in the Corvin Passage. Renner functioned as an mediator between the Corvin köz insurgents and the National Guard. After the renewed invasion of Soviet troops, Renner continued the armed resistance with other comrades until November 9th. On November 26th, he managed to escape to Austria. There, Renner established contact with the Hungarian Revolutionary Council (Magyar Forradalmi Tanács) under the leadership of Lajos Várfali, and the latter gave Renner the mission of returning to Hungary in February 1957. His task was to be the establishment of contact with Workers' Councils and the families of those executed and imprisoned. Shortly before his planned return to Austria, Renner was betrayed and arrested. A military court condemned him to death on October 31, 1957. The judgment was affirmed by the Special Senate of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court on February 3, 1958, and carried out two days later. László Iván Kovács was born on August 18, 1930 in Debrecen, the son of a working class family. His father was a career officer in the Hungarian Army. In 1944, the family fled to the west and settled in Germany temporarily. One year later, the family returned to Hungary. As a result of their flight, the father was stripped of his pension, which plunged the family into poverty. Kovács obtained his higher education qualification in 1951, but was not allowed to take up the desired law studies due to his familial circumstances. In 1952, he worked as a civilian employee for the army, but was dismissed one year later. In 1955, he took up studies at the József Attila University. On October 23, 1956, Kovács joined the student demonstrations, and participated in the occupation and defence of the radio station. On October 25th, he joined forces with the insurgents at the Corvin Passage, who elected him as their commander on October 26th. In this function, he took part in the cease-fire negotiations with the Party leadership and the Ministry of Defence. On October 28, 1956, Kovács delivered the demands of the Corvin Square insurgents to Imre Nagy, which included the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the abolition of the one-party system, as well as the establishment of a revolutionary National Guard. On October 30/November 1, 1956, Kov was forced to step down from command as a result of internal power struggles. As the Soviet troops advanced once again into the capital the following day, he was accused of treason and detained. Nonetheless, he was able to escape and went underground until the final defeat of the Revolution. At the beginning of 1957, Kovács attempted to form a turul Party in the underground, which was intended to preserve the ideals of the Revolution. He published flyers and, among other things, planned the liberation of Pál Maléter. On March 12, 1957, Kovács was arrested, charged with the formation of a subversive organisation and sentenced to death by the Court of Justice on August 22nd. Kovács was executed on December 30, 1957. His grave is located in Lot 301 of the New Municipal Cemetery.