László Babinszky

László Babinszky was born in 1913 in Aszód. He was appointed a lieutenant on 1 February 1939 as a probationary non-commissioned officer.

In 1942, he was twice awarded the Governor's Commendation with Swords for his wartime service as a company commander of the 2nd Hungarian Army of the 17/II, which had been withdrawn to the Don River - both of which testified to his above-average performance. He was wounded on 17 August 1942 and required several months' nursing care.

From 15 October to 4 November 1944, he was commander of the 3rd Company of the 201st Tank Battalion in Avárpalota, and between 4 and 9 November he was captured by the Soviets (the whole battalion surrendered). He then escaped with the help of a subordinate at Kistelek, hid behind the Soviet front until 15 December, then returned to Budapest, where, according to his later biography, he initially went into hiding and was later captured by a patrol. Colonel Csipkés, commander of the city of Budapest, assigned him to the University Assault Battalion, where he became commander of the 2nd Company. He and his unit were stationed at the Baár-Madas (later Lórántffy) Gymnasium on Rózsadomb. According to some recollections, he was killed in action during the breakout later VASAS sports field - but in fact he was in civilian dress on the day of breakout , was a Soviet prisoner from 12-15 February, but according to his later autobiography, "a Russian was released" in Csepel - or he escaped again, but he did not find it opportune to describe this in his post-1945 autobiography.He volunteered for the new army on 30 April 1945, and on 7 May he left for Austria, where he served as a company commander of the 3/I Battalion. On 9 July 1945, a memo to his unit's D officer stated that he was to be "immediately arrested and produced". He was "named as agitated against the Russian forces and the government in power. He made disparaging statements about our ministers. He glorified the Germans and abused the company's purchases. He was discharged from service in 1947 and his subsequent fate is not known.