"Gold is tested by fire"
Our Foundation operates independently of parties, ideologies and churches, and its decision on the award winner is taken unanimously by our impartial Board of Trustees.
The Rock Award is a gold-plated metal plaque, which is presented to the Award winners in a walnut wood gift box along with a certificate. The plaque bears the logo of the 'The Rock' Foundation and a Latin inscription: 'Gold is tested in fire' and 'We have seen it and thus certify'.
Award winners
2023
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| Dr. Kristóf Erdős | 2009-2014 | researcher at the Committee of National Remembrance, former historian of the Hospital in the Rock Museum | contemporary activity | |
| Dr. József Holló retired lieutenant-general | 2007-08 | former Director General at the Military History Institute and Museum, helped establish the Hospital in the Rock Museum | contemporary activity | |
| Dr. Krisztián Ungváry | 2019- | historian, academic advisor | contemporary activity | |
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2022
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| Péter Zsolt Horváth | 2012- | Deputy Director General of the Hungarian Red Cross | contemporary activity | |
| Dr. László Kiss | 1944-45 | volunteer aidant | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. Zsuzsanna Zsindely | 1956 | volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
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2021
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| Tamás Dégi | 2005- | chief engineer | contemporary activity | |
| Dr. Gyula Kedves Colonel | 2007-08 | military historian, head of the Museum of the Parliament | contemporary activity | |
| Dr. András Máthé | 1956 | chief physician | historical role | |
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2020
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| Mrs. Zsolt Sigray née Sarolta Szabó | 1956 | volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Kornél Lobmayer | 1956 | revolutionary, wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. Antal Kálló | 1944-45 | wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. Ágost Sövényházy | 1944-45 | doctor | historical role | |
| Mrs. György Kozma née Irén Petrás | 1944-45 | volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Márta Szlávik | 1956 | volunteer nurse | historical role | |
| Dr. József Born | 1944-45, 1945-48 | doctor, founder of Virus Vaccine Production and Research Institute | historical role | |
| Dr. Elek Farkas | 1945-48 | founder of Virus Vaccine Production and Research Institute | historical role | |
| Ferenc Novák | 1944-45 | chief engineer | historical role | |
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2019
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| Mrs. István Horthy née Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai | 1944-45 | Red Cross nurse | historical role | |
| Dr. Kálmán Koppány | 1944-45 | police officer assigned to the Headquarters of the Buda Air Defense Group, rescuer | historical role | |
| Margit Pekáry and Gizella Pekáry | 1944-45 | Red Cross Nurses | historical role | |
| Dr. Mihály Bogárdi | 1944-45 | wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Mrs. Béla Borsos née Katalin Neÿ | 1944-45 | eyewitness | eyewitness | |
| Mrs. Ferenc Sváb née Janka Benkő | 1944-45 | wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Géza Szinger | 1944-45 | wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. Attila Balás | 1956 | volunteer doctor | historical role | |
| Dr. József Lugosi retired Colonel | 2007-08 | former Director of the Military History Institute and Museum, helped establish the Hospital in the Rock Museum | contemporary activity | |
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2018
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| Baroness Mária Waldbott | 1944-45 | Red Cross nurse, senior assistant | historical role | |
| Imre Szentpály-Juhász | 1944-45 | wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Countess Alice Cziráky | 1944-45 | Red Cross nurse, senior assistant | historical role | |
| Miriam Kiefer and her husband Count Endre Csekonics | 1944-45 | volunteer nurse and voluntary surgical assistant | historical role | |
| Jolán Marschek | 1944-45 | nurse, volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Edit Soltész | 1944-45 | volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Margit Tarányi | 1944-45 | Red Cross nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| György Balogh | 1956 | wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Mrs. István Szabó and István Szabó | 1950-60 | caretakers | historical role and eyewitness | |
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2017
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| Rudolf Ullrich | 1960s | architect designer | historical role and eyewitness | |
| István Bakonyi | 1960s | architect designer | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. Tibor Jánossy | 1956 | volunteer doctor | historical role | |
| Countess Ilona Széchényi | 1944-45 | chief nurse | historical role | |
| Anna Mária Emberovics | 1956 | volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Anita Van Oldenborgh (Anna Boom) | 1944-45 | volunteer nurse | historical role | |
| Dr. Vida Boros | 1956 | medical officer of district I. Budapest | historical role | |
| Prof. Dr. Endre Mester | 1944-45 | labour service doctor | historical role | |
| Mrs. Imre Mohácsi and Imre Mohácsi | 1960-2000s | caretakers | historical role | |
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2016
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| Countess Ilona Andrássy de Betlér | 1944-45 | chief nurse of the Hospital in the Rock | historical role | |
| Endre Bácskai | 1956 | revolutionary, wounded | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Mrs. Zoltán Báthory née Mária Daróczy | 1944-45, 2008- | volunteer nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Friedrich Born | 1944-45 | Red Cross delegate in Hungary | historical role | |
| Mrs. Károlyi née Gizella Ilona Győry | 1956 | nurse | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. István Kovács, Erzsébet Beszterczey and Ingeborg Skliros | 1944-45, 2008- | chief physician, nurse and family member | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Gábor Rádi | 1983- | technical manager | contemporary activity | |
| Dr. András Seibriger and Erzsébet Seibriger | 1944-45, 2008- | deputy chief physician and family member | historical role and eyewitness | |
| Dr. Gyula Steinert and Dr. Ágota Steinert | 1944-45, 2008- | doctor and family member | historical role and eyewitness | |