The memorial plaque commemorating Gábor Tánczos was installed on the outer wall of the Kossuth Club Building in 1996. It was an initiative of the Kossuth Club with the support of the Institute for the Research of the 1956 Revolution and Fight for Freedom. Gábor Tánczos was born the son of a Jewish art dealer in Budapest on April 2, 1928. During WWII, he and his mother were deported to Vienna, where he managed to survive the war working as a male nurse in a concentration camp. After the liberation in 1945, Tánczos returned to Baja, the hometown of his parents, and became involved in the foundation of the People's Colleges. During autumn of the same year, he joined the Communist Party and assumed official functions in its youth association. Following the completion of his school education, he entered the István Győrffy University as its youngest member, and shortly thereafter he was elected Director of the Hungarian Communist Students' Association. Tánczos began studies in philosophy and remained active in various youth organisations. In the wake of the political purgings surrounding the Lászlo Rajk Affair, he was divested of his official functions. He continued with his studies and took his degree in 1953. Tánczos was an enthusiastic supporter of the reform policies introduced by Imre Nagy. His ideas were kept alive by the Petőfi Circle. After the deposition of Nagy, Tánczos was able to ensure the further existence of the Circle. During the public debates during the early months of 1956, the Petőfi Circle gained in significance and became one of the most important critical organs of the Hungarian intelligentsia. Meetings, which had taken place at the Kossuth Club up until then, had to be moved to other locations as a result of the strong public response. The Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party condemned the activities of Tánczos and the Petőfi Circle in June of 1956, but it was not possible to dissolve the group. After the deposition of Rakosci, Tánczos once again actively supported the reform policies of the newly reinstated Imre Nagy. After the outbreak of the Revolution, Tánczos arbitrated between the insurgents and the Nagy government, but was ejected from political leadership as a result of this engagement. Tánczos became predominantly involved in the establishment of the Revolutionary Committee of the Hungarian intelligentsia from then on, and he continued these activities even after the Revolution had been suppressed. During the morning of November 4, 1956, Tánczos and his wife approached the Yugoslavian Embassy with the intention of applying for political asylum. On November 23. 1957, Tánczos was arrested in Romania and incarcerated for a temporary period. On March 17, 1957, he was arrested once again in Snagov (Romania) and then deported to Hungary. The Superior Court condemned him to 15 years imprisonment on August 19, 1958, which he served until his early release in 1962. After his release, Tánczos worked as a teacher, and later, as a scientist at the Pedagogical Institute. He was mainly interested in the status of the Sinti and Roma as well as other Hungarian minorities beyond the state borders. Tánczos also remained politically active. In 1979, he was one of those who signed a statement of solidarity for the incarcerated members of Charta `77 in Czechoslovakia. Tánczos committed suicide on December 6, 1979 in Budapest. His ashes were laid to rest in Lot 301 of the New Municipal Cemetery near the grave of Imre Nagy.