Hungary releases communist-era files with 60,000 agent names
Original title: Hungary: Communist-era files released, up to 60k former agents revealed
Public access granted to communist-era registries revealing up to 60,000 former agents, including public figures.
Hungary's government released state security files from the communist era, making names of approximately 50,000 to 60,000 former agents public for the first time. The release includes registration sheets and recruitment records. A second batch of files for about 9,000 informants is scheduled for February. The government provides hotlines for emotional support.
Unconfirmed: Content of state security records is not necessarily true and is very incomplete.
- 50,000 to 60,000 agent names made public
- Access via nyitottaktak.hu website with search filters
- Second batch planned for February
- Records cover pre-1990 activities from 1949-1989 era
- Countries
- Hungary
From the original article
4 min read at euronews.com
In spite of Hungary's democratic transition in 1990, efforts to disclose communist-era archives have repeatedly failed, with critics blaming successive governments' reluctance to implicate public figures across the political spectrum. Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar ended this stall with a bill in September to grant unrestricted access for the public to the records for the first time.
By rdmuser · euronews.com
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