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Verbatim Record of the Fifty-Second Meeting (Closed)

Records of this digital collection were assembled to document the work of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary established on January 10, 1957 by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of investigating the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Principal contributor(s): United Nations...

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Main Author: Héderváry, Claire de
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: 1957
Subjects:
[Héderváry, Claire de, United Nations. General Assembly. Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary, Hungary > History > 1956 -1962 > Sources, Hungary > History > Revolution, 1956 > Refugees]
[International Relations, Human rights organizations, Cultural and sociocultural movements, Pacifism/Peace movements, Political Prisioners/Political trials, Science and Technology, Exiles/Political refugees, Religious movements/Anti-clericalism/Atheism, Workers movements/Workers councils/Workers International organizations, State and Administrative activities, Communist movements and parties, Independencies, Youth and Students movements, Occupation/Resistance movements]
New York (N.Y.)
Hungary
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:73545d0e-cc3c-41e1-84bb-b3b1b8c553f9
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Summary:Records of this digital collection were assembled to document the work of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary established on January 10, 1957 by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of investigating the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Principal contributor(s): United Nations Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary The committee asked György Pálóczi-Horváth in connection with his earlier statement. Witness MMM was a lawyer in Budapest from 1939 onwards, and a member of the Smallholders' Party. He was arrested by the Hungarian political police and taken to the Soviet Union, then released in 1955. He gave an account of the events in Southern Hungary and Budapest during the revolution. The committee asked him about the Smallholders' Party, and then about his arrest, interrogation and trial.
Published:1957

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