place
Arad
also: Arad, az aradi sír
Arad (today Arad, Romania), site where thirteen Hungarian generals of the 1848–49 revolution were executed by Habsburg authorities on 6 October 1849; the '13 Martyrs of Arad' became the central martyrdom of Hungarian national memory.
Reading notes
- Collected Poems (319 Poems, 1837–1864) §120 On the Grave at Arad
Arad (today in Romania) was the site where thirteen Hungarian generals of the 1848–49 revolution were executed by the Habsburg authorities on 6 October 1849; these martyrs became central figures of Hungarian national memory.