This impressive survey provides a comprehensive, intelligently argued and clearly written overview of the rich history of Hungary. Overshadowed by the more powerful Ottoman, Habsburg, Nazi and Soviet ...

The iconic Battle of Mohács was a watershed moment in Ottoman, Hungarian, and European history. I delved in Hungary's domestic politics and prolonged decay, culminating in the decisive battle which ...

Stella, a WWII refugee, shares her story of never losing hope for a better world. Stella Andrássy fled the Red Army invasion of Hungary in 1945. Born in Sweden, she married into one of Hungary's most ...

"Magyarország története" (The History of Hungary) is a documentary TV series created by Nagy György. It chronicles the history of the Hungarian people and nation; starting with the exodus from ancient ...

High passes, hidden caves, and steep cliffs allowed mountain outlaws to ambush travelers, evade authorities, and launch raids ...

THE BRITISH historian AJP Taylor believed that there was a unique historical contradiction in Hungary, claiming that the “strongest resistance, culminating in revolt, came in Hungary, where the claim ...

He says that Hungary has had to deal with this kind of thing for a long time. The Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, he says, ordered Hungarian schools to suppress history lessons that told the ...

Sixty years on and half a world away, Judy Kepecz-Hays still remembers the fear. “We were walking through the forest towards the border. My mother told me not to make a sound,” she recalled. “There ...

BUDAPEST -- On May 14, 2022, thousands watched as Katalin Novak walked on the red carpet laid in front of the imposing building of the Hungarian parliament. Surrounded by troops dressed in ceremonial ...