Osa Archivum Catalog

HU OSA 300-40 Hungarian Unit

Reference Code: HU OSA 300-40
Title: Hungarian Unit
Date(s): 1949 - 1995
Description Level: Subfonds
Extent and medium (processed): 2680 Archival boxes, 335.0 linear meters
28 Archival card box, 8.82 linear meters
3 Archival photo box, 0.98 linear meters

Scope and Content (Abstract): Materials in this subfonds include press clippings, news agency releases, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty research papers and background analyses, information items, index cards, samizdat and émigré publications, posters, leaflets, photo negatives and prints, and audio tapes.

The records of the Hungarian Unit give a broad picture of the postwar Hungarian political life, economics, culture and arts, religions, media, social and military issues. The files on the 1956 Revolution are of outstanding interest: in the Hungarian and English language Subject Files there are useful cross-references documenting this crucial event of the contemporary Hungarian history.

Originating from unofficial and non-public but usually reliable sources (interviews with refugees, escapees, and dissidents), the Information Items also have a special value among the records.

The three types of biographical series, together with the biographic sections of the Subject Card Files, contain invaluable information on thousands of individuals playing major or less important roles in Hungary's political, economic, and cultural life.

The collected correspondence of "DJ" Laszlo Cseke/Geza Ekecs of the Hungarian Broadcasting Department's highly popular "Teenager Party" - which broadcast music on request - is a very special imprint of Hungarian youth culture of the 70s.
Accruals: Not Expected

Archivist's note: Arranged by Miklos Banyasz, Viktor Labos, and Csaba Szilagyi; preliminary description prepared by Andras Mink and Csaba Szilagyi, January 26, 1999; revised by Csaba Szilagyi, April 10, 2002.