When we hear the name of the village Ebes we recall a well-organized settlement. What only a few know is that one of the 12 closed labor camps was situated on the territory of Ebes in the 50's.

Thousands of innocent people with their families, from little children to very old men, were settled there at the time of the Stalinist communist regime. Even fatally ill were included.

The permanent exhibition opening in the Széchényi Ferenc Country Museum on 8, October is in honor of these men deprived of their freedom and humanity.

The material includes rare objects, documents, wax figures dressed in contemporary cloths, as well as the faithful models of the original dormitories. We can say that is is a unique exhibition in Hungary. Its main patron is the vice president of Fidesz-Hungarian civil Association Pokorni Zoltán and the Mayor of Ebes Galgóczi Mihál.


(Jeszenszky Iván)