Bács-Kiskun megye múltjából 23. (Kecskemét, 2009)

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farms). Studying these estates from different points of views - from the owners and from utilization - the economical changing of these settlements of Hungary being in a special situation after the Trianon Peace Treaty can be followed and we also get an answer how this market town could cope with the economical challenges of the dualistic era between the two world wars. GÁBOR CSERI THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION OF SOUTH-PEST COUNTY IN KISKUNHALAS IN 1942 In that era Kiskunhalas was famous for its good wine, Kiefer-pear and last but not least for its beautiful lace. With its 120 000-hold territory and its 15 Hungarian "pusztas", it was the town which had the fifth biggest outskirts in the country. The Town Board of Representatives decided to organise an agricultural exhibition on 26 January, 1942. The aim of the exhibition was on the one hand to show the increase of the agricultural production of the South part of the county, and on the other hand to prove that the agricultural class did its duty in times of war, too. However, they wanted to increase the marketing of the exhibited products such as fruit, grapes, and wine. Some of the most important protectors of the exhibition were among others Earl Mihály Teleki, Ferenc Keresztes Fisher Dr, Minister of Home Affairs, and baron Dániel Bánffy Minister of Agriculture. The most successful agricultural products and types of wine were awarded, exhibitions of press, of against the Bolsheviks, of amateur photographs, of folk, of laces were opened and a competition of horsemen were organised, as well. Besides exhibiting the different products successfully, the exhibition also acted as a racist propaganda based on the activities of the local media, the exhibited press products and the speeches of the invited politicians and main organisers. In those difficult times the town could have shown a real civil collaboration but the Jewish were not allowed to take part in the programmes so the exhibition remained only one of the politically important events in the beginning of the 1940s.. PÉTER SOBER THE INTEGRATION OF THE GYPSIES OF BÁCS-KISKUN COUNTY IN THE EARLY SOCIALISM (1946-1965) Nobody has published a study or an essay about the situation of the Bács-Kiskun County gipsies in their historical connections concentrating on the socialist era in particular. That is why it is so important to examine the history and culture of the biggest Hungarian ethnic minority in the frame of the historical events. Researches about the Gypsies are especially crucial because the society's prejudices against them still have not decreased. The study shows the situation of the Gypsies