András Toma
András Toma (5 December 1925 – 30 March 2004) was a Hungarian soldier taken prisoner by the Red Army in 1944, then discovered living in a Russian psychiatric hospital in 2000. He was probably the last prisoner of war from the Second World War to be repatriated.
András Toma | |
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| Birth name | Toma András |
| Other name(s) | András Tamás |
| Born | 5 December 1925 Újfehértó, Hungary |
| Died | 30 March 2004 (aged 78) Nyíregyháza, Northern Great Plain, Hungary |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Service/ | Royal Hungarian Army |
| Years of service | 1944–2000 |
| Rank | Sergeant major (főtörzsőrmester) |
| Battles/wars | Budapest Offensive |
Because Toma never learned Russian and nobody at the hospital spoke Hungarian, he had apparently not had a single conversation in over 50 years, a situation of great interest for the fields of psychiatry and psycholinguistics.
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