1956 és következményei Simén Dániel teológiai tanár életpályájában. Az államhatalmi retorzió egy unitárius példája
1956 and its Consequences in the Career of Theology Teacher Rev. Dániel Simén. A Unitarian Example of State Retribution

Summary/Abstract: The events of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution were followed with great interest and undoubted sympathy by the Unitarian Church in Romania. The reprisal campaign launched by the Romanian communist authorities in 1957 with the aim of consolidating its power, led to profound changes in the functioning of the Church in 1959: 17 ministers were convicted and imprisoned, and a network of informers was created through the blackmail and church officials who were compromised or intimidated, effectively ensuring the total subordination and control of the institution. This paper examines a specific stage in the life of the theological teacher Dániel Simén (1903–1969), a victim of state retribution, and seeks to answer the question of whether or not the actions and behaviour of church officials justified the retaliatory measures taken by the Romanian authorities against the Church, and what were the accusations that were used as a pretext for the state authorities to take offensive action against the Church in connection with the 1956 revolution in Hungary. The analysis is based on the interrogation reports in Simén’s investigation file, the testimonies given against him and the volumes of sermons, by him and other ministers, which form the decisive element of the accusation.

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