The Hungarian Situation

The Hungarian Situation

Hungary -- History -- 1956 -1962 -- Sources

Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Refugees

Memorandum

Records of this digital collection were assembled to document the work of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary established on January 10, 1957 by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of investigating the 1956 Hungarian revolution.

Principal contributor(s): Hungarian National Revolutionary Committee in Exile

Héderváry, Claire de

OSA Archivum

http://catalog.osaarchivum.org/catalog/osa:d9a1a94d-26f5-4dfa-a796-0222542779c4

1958

Héderváry, Claire de

United Nations. General Assembly. Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/rights/rr-f.html

English

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Increased church attendance; interest in the findings of the Special Committee; internal struggle in the Party; exploiting the conflict with the West for consolidation of the regime; situation of the retuned refugees especially dire - of 21,000 returned refugees, 5,000 are in detention, many are interned; campaign against lawyers and small tradesmen; new arrests of political activists whose fates are unknown; prisons overcrowded with political prisoners.

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Hungary