 American journalist John Gunther described the events leading to Nagy's death as "an episode of unparalleled infamy".Nagy was buried, along with his co-defendants, in the prison yard where the executions were carried out and years later was removed to a distant corner (section 301) of the New Public Cemetery, Budapest, face-down, and with his hands and feet tied with barbed wire.Next to his grave stands a memorial bell inscribed in Latin, Hungarian, German and English.