A szegedi láng

“We, the people of Szeged, have taken the first step. We call upon you to join us!” These were the words addressed to their fellow students by a group of university students in Szeged who founded MEFESZ on 16 October 1956, the first revolutionary organization of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Their appeal, titled *To Our Student Brothers and Sisters!*, was printed and distributed to all higher education institutions across the country. The demands proclaimed at the founding of MEFESZ (the Federation of Hungarian University and College Students), and reaffirmed at the organization's program-setting assembly on 20 October 1956, were personally presented by delegates from Szeged to universities throughout Hungary. In this way, the student uprising had spread nationwide by 22 October 1956.