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The Huszár government in 1919. István Haller is first from left in the first row.

Christian and Antisemitic? — István Haller’s Christian Politics

István Haller was a prominent Hungarian Christian politician in the first half of the 20th century. His book summing up his views on Christian politics is apparently paradoxical—it is both Christian-inspired and antisemitic. This combination illustrates the troubling tension that…
Mercenaries (VI) (cropped) by Leon Golub (1987)

The Ukraine War Goes Global: More and More Foreigners Fight on Both Sides

The war quite literally consumes people; they are killed or maimed physically and psychologically at an unprecedented rate. Using foreign fighters is consequently quite logical for both sides. They alleviate domestic pressure to recruit more soldiers, with the new fighters…
Kuno Klebelsberg in 1917 (photographed by Sándor Strelisky)

‘Only culture can keep Hungary alive’ — Count Kuno Klebelsberg and the Development of Hungarian Public Education

‘Klebelsberg believed that “today it is not the sword but culture that can keep the Hungarian homeland alive and make it great again”, and he considered it important not only to educate the Hungarian elite but also to develop the…
A photograph of Balatonkenese Reformed pastor Gyula Czakó (ca. 1910)

How the Distinctive Clothing of Hungarian Reformed Ministers Took Shape and Changed During the Centuries — Part VII

The question of what kind of apparel Reformed ministers should wear was still not fully resolved by the beginning of the 20th century. A weekly titled Lelkészegyesület (Clergy Association), launched in 1908, dedicated twenty-five articles, announcements, appeals, and comments to…
Eva Kazella with her grandchildren in the United States

‘I always considered myself Hungarian’ — A Conversation with Eva Kazella

An in-depth interview with Eva Kazella, a prominent member of the Hungarian American community, about the deportation of her family from Communist Slovakia, the vicissitudes before starting a new life in the United States, her family, and the vibrant community…
The National Flag at half-mast on Szabadság Square

‘So it was, so it shall be’ — The Movement of the ‘Uncompromising Hungarian’ Was Launched 96 Years Ago

Following Hungary’s defeat in the First World War, the victors’ intentions were clear concerning our country: to impose punishments that would result, if not in the short term but in the long term, in the total disappearance of the former…
A portrait of President Woodrow Wilson from 12 December 1912 (detail)

Woodrow Wilson and His Global Vision of Democracy

‘At times the only way to make the world safe for democracy, as Wilson envisioned, is to assume an amoral position, which may require a courtship of impure partners, even at the risk of tolerating their immoral policies. Yet notwithstanding…

A Short History of Hungarian Beer Brewing

Now that it is almost summertime when a cool beer can come in handy, we invite our readers to a brief journey through time to discover some fun facts about the past and present of beer brewing in Hungary….
La Paz skyline (Wikimedia)

Frontiers of Our Diaspora: Hungarian Emigrants in Bolivia

Refugee groups started trickling in after the catastrophic defeat of the Austro–Hungarian empire in the First World War and the dismembering of the historical Hungarian Kingdom, resulting in the loss of many ethnically Hungarian territories for Hungary. The destruction of…
Gold bars of the Hungarian gold reserve kept at the Hungarian National Bank, photographed in 2021.

The Unfortunately Eventful History of the Hungarian Gold Reserve

During the regime change following the fall of the Iron Curtain, the Hungarian National Bank gradually sold almost all of the country’s gold reserve, which by 1992 fell to around three tonnes, with the proceeds from the sale of gold…

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