A hivatalos Magyarország és a Sarló
The Official Hungary and the Sarló Movement

Reports on the Movement's Leading Figures

Summary/Abstract: The­ study­ deals­ with­ the­ leftist­ organization­ of­ young­ Hungarian­ intellectuals­ in Czechoslovakia­ between­ the­ two­ world­ wars.­ Based­ on­ newly­ disclosed­ diplomatic and­ police­ sources,­ the­ paper­ mainly­ focuses­ on­ the­ movement's­ official judgement­ by­ the­ Hungarian­ state.­ Horthy's­ conservative­ Hungary­ took­ a­ critical view­ on­ the­ movement­ from­ the­ very­ beginning.­ After­ Sarló's­ reorientation­ toward Marxism,­ the­ country­ regarded­ the­ leaders­ of­ Sarló­ as­ enemies,­ and­ kept­ them under­ constant­ surveillance.­ The­ study­ based­ on­ source­ analysis,­ has­ an­ ambition to­ provide­ background­ information­ to­ the­ realistic­ assessment­ of­ Sarló's­ short-term­ leftist­ and­ communist­ orientation.­ Hungary's­ official­ distrust­ toward­ young people­ engaged­ in­ the­ movement­ was­ an­ important­ contributing­ factor­ to­ that­ too.

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