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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…

Trump Ranked Worst, Biden as 14th Best President in US History in Ridiculous Survey of ‘Political Scientists’

Members of the American Political Science Association came up with a peculiar ranking, trivializing catastrophic events in American history that led to the suffering of many in the process, such as the American Civil War, white supremacist terror in the…
WWI graves in the Heroes’ Cemetery in Sopronbánfalva, Hungary.

The Heroes’ Cemetery in Hungary: Reflections on the Challenges of National Memory

How should we Hungarians relate to our heroic dead who perished in the two world wars? Some thoughts and proposals by our Sopron-based contributor Botond Szabó….
The newly-installed Prime Minister of Hungary Sándor Wekerle and other cabinet members in front of the Matthias Church in Hungary, during the St. Stephen Day's Procession on 20 August 1917.

The Forgotten Harbinger of Modernization in Hungary: Sándor Wekerle

Sándor Wekerle was born 175 years ago in 1848. While being one of the most remarkable and enlightened Hungarian politicians of the Compromise era, he was largely exiled from history in the twentieth century….

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