Zsuzsanna Erdélyi’s collection was the outcome of an unanticipated event in socialist Hungary. The ethnographer and her colleague Sándor Bálint created a collection of objects pertaining to Catholic folk practices in the mid-1970s with the public support of Cardinal László Lékai and the Catholic press. The survival of a significant number of private religious objects during the communist era demonstratd that many citizens lived active spiritual lives and cultivated the heritage of their parents and grandparents, despite the government prohibition against religion.

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Местоположение:
- Esztergom, Hungary
Теми:
Дата на създаване:
- 1980
Избрани примери:
- Fodor, József. Pilgrimage Guide to Saint's Day Fests, 1957-1974. Publication
- The copy of the icon of Bakócz chapel, 18th c. Painting

Collection of Hetényi Varga Károly

Throughout his life, Károly Hetényi Varga has searched for and collected the biographical information of clericals who suffered from persecution by the Nazis and communists. Thanks to his interest and devoted efforts, an impressive body of work has formed. Hetényi Varga didn’t study history at a university, however. He created a unique, specific research system, the results of which remain indispensable to us.

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Местоположение:
- Kismaros Szuttai dűlő, Hungary 2623
Теми:
- религиозен активизъм
Дата на създаване:
- 2002
Избрани примери:
- Károly Hetényi Varga. Those who persecuted for the Truth. Clerical Fates in the Shadow of the Swastika and Arrow Cross, 1985. Manuscript

Collection of Historical Interviews at the National Széchényi Library

The Collection of Historical Interviews is one of the most significant oral history collections in Hungary. It is a mixed collection of life story interviews that were done with the intention of creating materials for oral history narratives, and a lot of the archived interviews were conducted during the production of historical documentaries beginning in the 1960s. The latter usually cover one aspect or chapter in a person’s life. The materials constitute a particularly useful source for the study of the history of Hungarian television. However, the scope of the collection is such that it contains a lot of references to figures of the cultural opposition. The history of the collection itself represents a narrative of nonconformist cultural practices.

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Местоположение:
- Budapest Szent György tér 4-5-6., Hungary 1014
Теми:
Дата на създаване:
- 1985
Избрани примери:
- Interviews for the Documentary "Hungarian Women in the GULAG". Oral history series
- Péter Bokor, Oral History Interview with Júlia Rajk, 1981

Collection of Lénárd Ödön

The Collection of Lénárd Ödön is a combination of items which would usually be representative of collections on religious resistance under the socialist dictatorship. It is at the same time the outcome of manifest resistance against the dictatorship and a private collection of documents based on Lénárd’s personal research. The trajectory of the collection offers insights into the ways in which archives which had been private were institutionalized after 1989.

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Местоположение:
- Kismaros Szuttai dűlő, Hungary 2623
Теми:
- религиозен активизъм
- самиздат и тамиздат
Дата на създаване:
- 1998
Избрани примери:
- Undated Correspondence between Ödön Lénárd and Ernő Lénárd.

Collection of Ordass Lajos

This ad-hoc collection, located in two archives in Budapest, includes archival materials about Lajos Ordass, the bishop of the biggest evangelical church district in Hungary (1945-1948). The communist leaders stigmatized him as the “leader of the evangelical resistance.” After having spent years in prison, Ordass lived isolated from other church leaders, and his writings were prohibited. In this context, simply collecting his legacy constituted a form of opposition to the dictatorship.

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Местоположение:
- Budapest Bécsikapu tér 2-4, Hungary 1014
- Budapest Teve utca 3, Hungary 1139
Теми:
- религиозен активизъм
Дата на създаване:
- 1985
Избрани примери:
- Lajos Ordass. Little Mirror of Great Times, ca. 1977. Manuscript