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Hungary releases communist-era secret police files to the public

Posted by smoontjes
Tags: hungary, 20th century, cold war, communism, police.secret, politics, prime ministers, peter magyar, documents, author.nick thorpe, source.bbc
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977p01kgmmko

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Title
Hungary opens secret police files, 37 years after fall of communism
Authors
Nick Thorpe
Published
Nov 4 2026

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  1. jeroknite
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    ... They couldn't find someone opposed to this who wasn't a nazi to quote? Is it because the majority of those who opposed releasing this information are, or are related to, people who got...

    "In the overwhelming majority of surviving agent reports, it isn't even possible to identify the agent, let alone their motives," counters an opponent of today's move, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, a historian and MEP of the far-right Our Homeland party.

    ... They couldn't find someone opposed to this who wasn't a nazi to quote? Is it because the majority of those who opposed releasing this information are, or are related to, people who got blackmailed into snitching on their nazi friends?

    Always do the opposite of what fascists like, kids

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