| Title: |
Reminiscences of Bela Varga
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A5
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Hungarian Project
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| Description: |
Youth and family background, political education; impressions of Hungarian statesmen; Hungarian and Polish anti-Nazi resistance; rescue of Allied prisoners of war; resettlement of Polish refugees in Hungary; Katyn Forest massacre; anti-Semitism in Hungary and its political consequences.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 219 leaves, Tape: 6 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1976 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Varga, Bela, 1903-
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1903
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| Speaker occupation: |
Priest; Speaker of Hungarian Parliament
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Interviewer: |
Stein, Rose
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Europe; Hungary; North America; Poland; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Antisemitism; Clergy; Europe; Hungary; North America; Poland; Political refugees; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Government executives--Hungary; Hungary--Foreign relations--1918-1945; Hungary--Politics and government--1918-1945; Katyn Forest Massacre, 1940; Varga, Bela, 1903-; World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020136-15578
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