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Summary:

"A complex array of individual responses to the abuse of power by the state is represented in this book in three horrific episodes in the history of East-Central Europe. The three events followed each other within a span of about ten years: the deportation and murder of Hungarian Jews in Nazi death and labor camps; the Arrow Cross terrorist rule in Budapest; and finally the Stalinist terror in Hungary and East-Central Europe. Through the prism of survival, László Borhi explores the relationship between the individual and power, attempting to understand the mechanism of oppression and terror produced by arbitrary, unbridled power through the experience of normal people. Despite the obvious peculiarities of time and place, the Hungarian cases convey universal lessons about the Holocaust, Nazism, and Stalinism. In the author's conception, the National Socialist and Stalinist experiences are linked on several levels. Both regimes defended their visions of the future against social groups whom they saw as implacable enemies of those visions, and who therefore had to be destroyed for sake of social perfection. Furthermore, the social practices of National Socialism were passed on. And although Stalinism was imposed by a foreign power, some of the survival skills for coping with it were rehearsed under the previous hellish experience"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• The Hungarian Holocaust
• Arrow Cross Terror
• Stalinism in Hungary.

Author/Creator:

Borhi, László , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Survival under dictatorships: life and death in Nazi and communist regimes [by Borhi, L.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Survival under dictatorships [by Borhi, L.] (Budapest, Hungary : CEU Press, 2024 — ISBN 9789633867167; LCCN 2024002775)

Subjects:

Nyilaskeresztes Párt

Dictatorship — Hungary — History — 20th century

Jews — Crimes against — Hungary — History — 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Hungary

Hungary — History — 1945-1989

Hungary — Politics and government — 1945-1989

Hungary — Foreign relations — Soviet Union

Soviet Union — Foreign relations — Hungary

Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)

1900-1999

Jews

Dictatorship

Politics and government

Diplomatic relations

Jews — Crimes against

Soviet Union

Hungary

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DB956 .B674 2024eb

ISBNs:

9789633867174 (electronic bk.)
9633867177 (electronic bk.)
9789633867167 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024002776

OCLC Numbers:

1420635552