Economic Type Trials in the Rákosi Regime in Hungary 1947-1953
Economic Type Trials in the Rákosi Regime in Hungary 1947-1953

Summary/Abstract: The so-called economic type trials fit into the row of the “big” conceptual trials of the Rákosi era both chronologically and because of their nature. The sabotage trials were in close connection with the building of the Stalinist state, their aim was to liquidate private ownership completely, build state monopoly in strategic sectors of the economy and make “political economy” regular. Moreover they also became political trials of determinant importance in the given political situation.

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