This monument commemorates Lajos Kossuth (1802 to 1894), a Hungarian revolutionary of German and Slovak descent. During the 1848 Revolution, he was the de facto governor of Hungary. As editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Pesti Hírlap," he fought against feudal privileges and for civil rights. After the suppression of the revolution, Kossuth went into exile. He campaigned for Hungarian independence throughout his life.