In 1996 the memorial plaque for the leaders of the National Hungarian Revolutionary Committee was installed at the building of the current Military Public Prosecutor. The National Revolutionary Committee was first convened under the leadership of József Dudás on October 29th/30th, 1956 in the occupied premises of the official party newspaper „Szabád Nép“ at Blaha Lujza Square. Already two days prior to this, a National Committee had been formed during an assembly of the Second Municipal District of Budapest, also under the chairmanship of Dudás. Under his leadership, this Committee ratified a 25-point programme which ranks among the most radical of the Revolution. Dudás refused to participate in the coalition government under Imre Nagy, demanding the formation of a coalition government which would include the Revolutionary Committee. Unrelentingly, the Committee stood for Hungary's neutrality, the withdrawal of Soviet troops, as well as the enforcement of civil liberties for the bourgeoisie and the establishment of a multi-party system in Hungary. In order to champion these aims, a group of approximately 400 men formed around Dudás, stormed and occupied the offices of the largest party newspaper, „Szabád Nép“, and set up their headquarters there on October 29, 1956. The National Committee then renamed itself „National Revolutionary Committee“ and - after the morning of October 30th – began publishing its own newspaper „Magyar Függetlenség“ (Hungarian Independence), in which the government led by Imre Nagy was declared to be illegitimate. Dudás strove to obtain the recognition of the Soviet military authorities for the Revolutionary Committee as the sole legitimate government in Hungary, and subsequent to the rejection of this initiative, Dudás also negotiated with Imre Nagy for the purposes of forming a new government. Dudás likewise endeavoured to secure the support of Revolutionary Committees in the Hungarian provinces in order to establish a new national government. Beyond these political efforts, the group which had formed around Duás was also responsible for the arrest of numerous functionaries from the Hungarian Secret Service ÁHV and the party hierarchy. As a result of his uncompromising stance during the Revolution, Dudás was accused of implication in such occurrences such as the siege of the Foreign Ministry on November 2nd or an attempted attack on the National Bank, and was arrested for a brief period. During the second invasion of Soviet troops, it came to a break between Dudás and the Revolutionary Committee on November 4th, as he had hesitated, and then refused to resist the Soviet troops. Afterwards, he was detained by his own comrades, however, shortly thereafter he was brought to hospital in an injured condition. The remaining members of the group continued a sporadic fight against the Soviet troops at Blaha Lujza Square until November 7th/8th, 1956 and eventually disbanded. Under the pretext of negotiations with the Kádár government, Dudás was once again arrested on November 21st. On January 14, 1957 Dudás - together with János Szabo, leader of the insurgents at Széna tér – was accused of forming a conspiracy and sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Superior Court. A plea for clemency was refused on January 18th. József Dudás was executed the following day in Budapest. His grave is located in Lot 301 of the New Municipal Cemetery.