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Kádár Regime

‘As long as I am the boss, Scheiber is obliged to follow my instructions!’ — The Story of a Yawn from 1976

‘According to a letter written five days later, the situation quickly escalated and drew in the emblematic director of the Rabbinical Seminary, Sándor Scheiber…In light of the incident, the leadership of MIOK…turned to Scheiber, requesting in writing that he inform…

‘To compromise and recruit him’ — Secret Service Measures Against Chief Rabbi László Salgó

‘As documented in multiple historical works, Salgó was a state security agent codenamed “György Sárvári”, who reported on people he knew, most notably, Sándor Scheiber. While we do not intend to absolve him of his actions, certain documents may help…
András Berkesi at the general assembly of the Writers’ Association in the sixties

From Sadistic Interrogator to Bestselling Author of the Kádár Regime — The Story of András Berkesi

András Berkesi wrote a multitude of spy stories and adventure novels, becoming one of the star authors of the era, and was also awarded the Attila József Prize. Officially, no one has ever held him accountable for torturing, humiliating, and…

‘Moses’ Reports for Duty — Béla Berend and Communist Hungarian Intelligence in Washington

‘Chief Rabbi Béla Berend was considered a black sheep in the history of Hungarian Jewish leadership. His controversial activities within the Budapest Jewish Council during the German occupation and the Holocaust of 1944–45, followed by his trial before the People’s…

To Keep That Wicked Smile

Publication of the latest work by Attila Futaki, a comic book artist of international fame, is an important domestic event: it presents the life and career of Ferenc Puskás….
The statue of Cardinal József Mindszenty in Esztergom.

The ‘White Martyr’: József Mindszenty

József Mindszenty is often commemorated as one of the first victims of the Rákosi regime. However, his 1949 arrest and show trial were not the last stage of his ‘white martyrdom’: he spent one and a half decades as an…
A burnt-out Soviet armoured combat vehicle in Budapest in November 1956.

The Fate of the Uprising: 1956 between November and May

The events of the 1956 Revolution are quite well-known, at least in Hungary, as far as the beginning of it and the period of its brief triumph are concerned. What is less known is that the revolution was not fully…

The Changing Perception of the Hungarian Peasant Uprising of 1514

The image of Dózsa in Hungary has undergone so many metamorphoses that it would be difficult to link it to a single political trend or party. He could fit the role of a national hero who took up arms against…

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