Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 408-2-6

Title

Documents on Persecutions and Reprisals After 1956

Date(s)

1957 - 1958

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

1 Archival boxes, 0.12 linear meters

Context

Archival history

Originals are kept in the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security (ÁBTL) and the Budapest City Archives (BFL).

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

While in his communication Kádár broke with the Rákosi era, after a month of uncertainty after putting down the revolution, with the fusillade in Salgótarján (8th December, 1956), prohibition of revolutionary organisations, introducing state of siege (10th December) and the beginning of internments and using the special legal provisions passed around December 12, 1956 dictatorial reprisals were started to eliminate the most dangerous persons and groups.

Documents on the reprisals after the revolution, such as investigations and court procedures, are connected to specific persons and give an insight into the processes and tools of retribution.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

No documents were destroyed in the course of processing. The collection is incomplete.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

The general rules of research in OSA Research Room apply.

Conditions governing reproduction

A dokumentumok oktatási és kutatási célból digitálisan másolhatók az OSA kutatótermében.

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by László Varga, March 2, 2015.