Pécs és Baranya 1956-ban - Baranyai történelmi közlemények 3. A Baranya Megyei Levéltár Évkönyve 2008 (BML, 2008)

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László Debreczeni: My rambles in the prison country —forms and stations of retaliation following the revolution The author, suffering i ntemment and imprisonment due to his participation in the revolution, has assumed to summarize the retaliatory measures taken by the Kádár-government and its armed force after the 4th of November in 1956. Previously he mentions the nationally summed up data on deportation, detentions, internments, criminal cases ending in imprisonments and in capital punishment. The author compares the number of victims concerning the retaliation of the year 1956 with that of retaliations following the revolution and war of independence of 1848/49, then after the revolutions of 1918/19. Following the publication of the national data on retaliation he states the process of retaliations in Baranya County, involving the arrests committed as a result of the hysteria excited by the Kádárgovernment and his armed force against the MUK movement(standing for We'll Start Again in March) in March 1957. The author outlines the day-to-day life of the internment camp of Kistarcsa, on the basis of his own memories. After that, he states the proceedings, legal action proceedings against participants of the revolution of Baranya County on the basis of the results, data concerning the research carried aut in the Archives of Baranya County, which results and data have been obtained up to this time. He separately highlights the two most significant legal action proceedings of Baranya County. In the end, he gives a detailed statement on the number of disciplinary procedures executed against university and college professors and students taking part in the revolution. The author mentions by name the university professors involved in the procedures. In the epilogue the author recalls his personal destiny, his being thrown dirt at and his release in a lyric tone. Ferenc Cseresnyés: The dark side of generous Hungarian reception by Austria in 1956 In his work the author presents the politics and practical activities of Austria, the country becoming neutral in 1955, in the period of the Hungarian revolution of 1956 as well as in the following months. Austria, as the so-called first reception country, played an arranging, intermediary and connecting role for refugees arriving there from Hungary to travel farther to other western states. This function was an expectation from other western countries towards Austria. The international governmental bodies, particularly the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transported farther Hungarian refugees from Austrian refugee camps, as well as Hungarians accomodated in private houses of Austrian towns and villages to WesternEuropean countries and to overseas countries, thus, to the United States of America, Canada, Australia. Previously Austria had estimated the potential