Szabolcs-Szatmár-Beregi levéltári évkönyv 15. (Nyíregyháza, 2001)

Rezümék (angol, német)

He describes how the Rumanian army settled down in the town, to what extent they destroyed it while living here for 10 and a half months, how they harassed the citizens regularly violating their personal freedom every day. According to the mayor's report of the year of 1920 54 million 213.629 crowns damage was done to the town and the terror demanded 8 victims during the time of the Rumanian occupation. Besides these Szabolcs county imposed a charge of occupation of half a million crowns on the town. It's not surprising that the mayor, Dr. Kálmán Bencs wrote at the end of his report that the inhabitants of the city thought of the Rumanian occupation as a second nightmare after the revolutions of 1918-1919. SZAKÁLY, SÁNDOR: From Trianon to Paris (1920-1947) (Hungary Among Possibilities and Obligations) Trianon Peace Treaty, which was forced on Hungary following Wold War II, restricted the sovereignty of the country, determined the possibilities of its armament and forced Hungary to pay war damage compensation. Hungary got under financial, economical and political control and became defenseless and isolated in the encirclement of the states of the Little Entente. There was doubt about whether it would be able to break free from its isolation and survive or it would be forced to the periphery of European progress. A long consolidational process eased the tragic situation which developed in Hungarian internal politics after the peace treaty. The most important task of foreign affairs was Trianon's revision, which was supported by wide layers of the society. Changes in Europe suggested that revisional aims could come into reality with the help of Italy and Germany. The country was forced to follow a course which was almost impossible to leave. Hungary became obliged to the Hitlerist Germany owing to the reannexations from the territories of the neighbouring countries dating back to 1938. In spite of its debates and difference of opinions the political and military leadership of Hungary took part in the 2nd World War accepting the German demands and following revisional goals. The peace negotiations following the war were not successful for Hungary but restored the borderlines that were drawn in Trianon. SÍPOS, JÓZSEF: István Nagyatádi Szabó and the Formation of the Second Bethlen Government On the 14th of November 1921 Prime Minister Count István Bethlen offered to hand in his resignation to Regent Miklós Horthy. His aim was to clear up the internal situation and to form the homogeneous governing party. He wanted to gather the Members of