Lajos Esztergár, the Lawyer and Societal Politician
Keywords:
practical social policy, poverty alleviation, productive social policy, public administration, social law, training social professionalsAbstract
This study presents the major achievements of Lajos Esztergár, the professional who arrived from Transylvania and spent the most productive years of his life to work for the city of Pécs. His name is present in a street, a social institution, a conservative association and by commemorative plaques on the City Hall, on his dwelling house, and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pecs.
"It is not easy to portray someone who is modestly hiding behind his works and is more avoiding than looking for fame; whose ambitions are not aimed at popularity but service (…) whose committed work is beneficial for the society and is devoted to the most wonderful and most difficult type of service; to create a more humane way of life that is worth living. Lajos Esztergár is a man who undertook such a mission." The above sentences were written about Esztergár in 1941 in German and describe the most important characteristic of his personality.
