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The martyr pastor Kálmán Sass was executed by the Romanian state authorities at the Gherla/Szamosújvár prison on the 2nd of December 1958. “His main misdeed” was sympathising with the ideals of the Hungarian revolution of 1956. His wife, nee Mária Tőkés (September 27th 1913 – May 19th 2004), was deported from the parish of Valea Lui Mihai (Érmihályfalva) with their children to a village called Olaru. All their belongings were confiscated; their two older sons were imprisoned for a few years. It was only after 7 years that the family was informed about the execution of the father and husband. It was forbidden to even mention his name in Romania until 1989. In this study we have made an attempt to collect the biographical data of the Sass family and to portray the heroic struggle of Mrs. Mária Sass-Tőkés to keep her faith and to sustain her family in these miserable and trying times.