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    "Tegyük világossá a hálózati kontingens számára, hogyha valaha, akkor most teljes érdekazonosság fűz össze bennünket. Most tehetjük a legtöbbet, hogy a demokratikus átmenet békés körülmények között, az MSZMP vezetésével valósuljon meg. Ha nem így lesz, akkor kell félni attól, hogy a titkok kikerülnek. Úgy is fogalmazhatnánk, hogy »egy csónakban evezünk«.”
    A III/III. Csoportfőnökség, 1989. június
  • Security research

    „Az az idő, amikor a terrorizmust értelemszerűen úgy különíthettük el, mint valami korlátozott társadalmi jelenséget, amellyel a rendőri erők és a biztonsági szervek elboldogulnak, régen elmúlt…”
    Idézet egy holland terrorelhárítótól
  • History of thought

    „A szellem, ha eleven, előbb-utóbb valahogy megszerzi a maga szükséges gyakorlati eszközeit, megteremti saját föltételeit – ez a második törvény.”
    Várkonyi Nándor
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      Introduction

      • The Institute’s name choice

        Our decision to wear the name of Béla Hamvas stemmed from the author’s invaluable and highly versatile body of work paired with a life story of symbolic significance. Béla Hamvas is one of the towering minds of twentieth-century Hungary, whose humanism ...
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      • Fields of research of the Hamvas Institute

        Culture and power One of those is “Culture and power”, which seeks to answer how the mechanisms of pressure, influencing, and manipulation characterized the interaction between society and regime. We are especially focused on the activity of the communist state security. ...
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      Communist State Security

      • The Haunting Past

        2018-10-02
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      • Terrorists in Budapest

        2018-10-02
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          Face and mask

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            2019. I.       COMMUNIST STATE SECURITY Memoirs of an agent The author of the manuscript “The story and experiences of the state security work ...
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            2018. AUTUMN-WINTER COMMUNIST STATE SECURITY Ildikó Cserényi-Zsitnyányi: Rákosi’s decision: 15 years each – Firedamp explosion in Tatabánya The 30 December 1950 firedamp explosion in ...
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            2018. SPRING-SUMMER COMMUNIST STATE SECURITY János Taller: Danger: Yes, Panic: No The author presents the unknown details of the biggest corruption scandal of ...
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          Publications

          • From arrow-cross to communist snitch

            From arrow-cross to communist snitch
            From arrow-cross to communist snitch “Wayfarer”, author Lajos Kutasi Kovács wrote of himself, plucking romantic strings, even though he had nothing ...
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          • Greys and wolves in the shadow of red

            Greys and wolves in the shadow of red
            Greys and wolves in the shadow of red The trucks seemingly conducted legal trading but, in reality, they are suspected to ...
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          • The network of state security agents in 1989

            The network of state security agents in 1989
            My work will not and cannot provide a full account of the topic, much less intend to state some all-encompassing ...
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          Books

          • Hungary 1956 – 1959 The memories of an Indian diplomat

            Hungary 1956 - 1959 The memories of an Indian diplomat
            “No foreigner was informed about the fact that Imre Nagy had returned from exile, not to mention that he had ...
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          • “As a faithful son to his country and nation…”

            “As a faithful son to his country and nation...”
            “As a faithful son to his country and nation…” Your Excellency, Minister of the Interior, I am but an old soldier who ...
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          • The Stubborn at Heart

            The Stubborn at Heart
            My forays into Jewish intellectual history began with Buber’s Hasidic tales and continued with Graetz’s six-volume Jewish history. The magic ...
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