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{{short description|Hungarian resistance fighter}}
'''Vilma Beck''' (1810-1851), was a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] writer and [[Resistance movement|freedom fighter]] in the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]].▼
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| othername = Baroness Vilma Beck
| birth_name = Vilma Horeczki
| birth_date = 1810
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| death_date = 1851
| death_place = Birmingham, England
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| nationality = Hungarian
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| occupation = writer, freedom fighter
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▲'''Vilma Beck''' (
Beck was active as a [[Espionage|spy]] and agent in service of the Hungarian freedom fighters during the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Revolution of 1848-49]]. She also reportedly sold information to the Austrians. She left Hungary after the defeat and moved to [[Great Britain]]. She died in prison custody after having been arrested for [[blackmail]].▼
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The Horeczky family, which became Hungarian, came from a landowner and noble family in Niitra. Her original name was Vilma Horeczki, and Beckné after her husband.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Szinnyei József: Magyar írók élete és munkái |url=https://mek.oszk.hu/03600/03630/html/b/b01326.htm |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=mek.oszk.hu}}</ref>
▲Beck was active as a [[Espionage|spy]] and agent in service of the Hungarian freedom fighters during the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Revolution of 1848-
After the laying down of arms in Lzera, she emigrated and settled in [[London]]. She was also in the service of the London secret police but was arrested for extortion and died in custody in 1851 before the trial after having been arrested for [[blackmail]].<ref name=":0" />
== Work ==
* Personal adventures during the late war of independence in Hungary, London, 1850. Two volumes (listed with the name Baroness Vilma Beck). Also published in German, French and Hungarian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Pallas nagy lexikona |url=https://mek.oszk.hu/00000/00060/html/011/pc001153.html#5 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=mek.oszk.hu |language=Hungarian}}</ref>
==References==
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