Gulyás Katalin et al. (szerk.): Tisicum. A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megyei Múzeumok évkönyve 27. (Szolnok, 2019)

Történettudomány - Cseh Géza: Egy szolnoki tüzértiszt beszámolója az észak-erdélyi bevonulásról (Arday Géza százados levele Alexander Imrének 1940. szeptember 16.)

TISICUM XXVII.

IRODALOM

ARDAY Géza

1961. M. kir. tisztikar-nyugaton. Pannonia - Budapest. 1961.

FIALA Ferenc

1962. Amíg az „angyali poétából” a Nyugat árulója lett Horváth Béla „katolikus költő” vándorútja a Free Europe-tól a pesti vörös rádióig - Az Irodalmi Újság kulisszatitkai. In: Szabad Magyarság 1962. április. 08.7.

GY. FEKETE István

2010. Katonák városa - Fejezetek Szolnok katonatörténetéből. Budapest. 2010.

SZABÓ László

1959. Hazatért disszidensvezető In: Népszabadság 1959. szeptember 27.11.

UNGER Gabriella

2016. Az ügynök két élete III. - Kiérdemesült ügynökök. In: Betekintő 2016/1.

RÖVIDÍTÉSEK:

MNL BKML: Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Bács-Kiskun Megyei Levéltára

MNLJNSZML: Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok

Megyei Levéltára

OSZK EPA: Országos Széchényi Könyvtár Elektronikus Periodika Archívum és Adatbázis

GÉZA CSEH:

AN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S ACCOUNT FROM SZOLNOK OF THE MARCHING INTO NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA (THE LETTER FROM CAPTAIN GÉZA ARDAY TO IMRE ALEXANDER - SEPTEMBER 16,1940)

After the Second Vienna Award, the Hungarian army occupied the northern parts of Transylvania in 11-12 days, which had been returned to Hungary. Units stationed in Szolnok also took part in the march of the army. The Hungarian population of Transylvania welcomed the Hungarian soldiers with eruptive glee, meanwhile the Romanians with apathy and fear. Atrocities took place as well, as the Romanian army marched out and assaulted Hungarian residents, but the Hungarian soldiers also showed their hatred and contempt towards the local Romanians. The letter of Géza Arday published now is about this mixed public sentiment of euphoria and fear, the beautiful landscapes and cities of Transylvania, and its wonderful traditional folk costumes. The artillery officer shared his experiences with the vice-ispán Imre Alexander’ wife.. Arday belonged to the vice-ispán’s circle of friends. Apart from his duties as a troop officer he also wrote theoretical articles on strategy. Between 1939 and 1941 he served in Szolnok. In the autumn of 1944 he got in Soviet captivity and only got back home in 1948. From the lines of his letter written from Transylvania in the September of 1940, such a picture of an army officer emerges, that is deeply patriotic, dedicated to the Hungarian nation and the regent Miklós Horthy. It is for this reason that it is surprising that in the 1950s he was operating under the orders of the ÁVH (State Protection Authority) in Austria. In Innsbruck, he became the leader of a local organization of emigrated Hungarian army officers, and after returning to communist Hungary, he slandered and discredited those who used to be his fellow officers. He was probably blackmailed with his family that had remained home and forced to do this menial task. However, in order to uncover his activity as an agent, more research of the archives is necessary, and this may be the topic of a separate paper.

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