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A review of Transsylvania’s past & present articles: Bartok, Transylvanian towns, Tisza Istvan policy, Kallos: Book of ballads …. articles in English, German, French

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A review of Transsylvania’s past & present articles: Bartok, Transylvanian towns, Tisza Istvan policy, Kallos: Book of ballads …. articles in English, German, French
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A review of Transsylvania’s past & present articles: Bartok, Transylvanian towns, Tisza Istvan policy, Kallos: Book of ballads …. articles in English, German, French
Jaap Scholten travelled extensively in Romania and Hungary and sought out the few remaining aristocrats who experienced the night of 3 March 1949. He spoke to people who survived the Romanian Gulag and met the youngest generation of the once distinguished aristocracy to talk about the restitution of assets and about the future.
A comprehensive first-hand historical compilation of the Hungarian Revolution and its aftermath, including the 50th anniversary with more than 160 interviews, accounts, anecdotes, documents, poems and pictures from survivors, friends and adversaries from all walks of life worldwide.
In 1956, at the time of the Hungarian Revolution, Kopacsi was police chief in Budapest. He had fought in the anti-Nazi Resistance and welcomed the Soviet Army. Purges in the police forces during the early 1950s eventually led him to question Soviet motives. He and seven other leaders were tried and sentenced to long prison terms. This fascinating insider’s account adds a new dimension to Hungary’s history.
(leather cover, numbered copy) The country was disrupted into three parts during the Ottoman expansion then two of its parts were united. The large area became one political unit again in the middle of the 19th century. The nation was split into five parts in 1920.