Istvan Szolovits

Isztvan Szolvits (b. ca. 1930) was a soldier in the Hungarian People's Army during World War III. He was a Jew, which made him something of an odd man in his unit.

Szolovits and his unit were mobilized after the United States and the Soviet Union traded atomic bomb attacks between January 23 and February 1, 1951. Like many soldiers in Soviet satellite countries, Szolovits was armed with a variety of Soviet second-hand weapons and equipment. The unit made its way west. Szolovits was a frequent target of Sgt. Gergely, who'd survived World War II and the purges of the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic.