Károly Ignácz, October 12th 2020 Flour coupons have not been distributed in Erzsébetfalva for two weeks. The dissatisfaction of a population left without flour erupted in a dangerous riot this morning. Towards nine o’clock in the morning, four or five thousand people, mostly … [Read more...] about “Dangerous Riot” – Successful Street Protest in the Outskirts of Budapest during the First World War
“Veszedelmesebb zavargás” – sikeres utcai tiltakozás az első világháború idején Budapest-környékén
Károly Ignácz, October 12th 2020 “Erzsébetfalván két hét óta nem osztották ki a lisztjegyeket. A liszt nélkül maradt lakosság elégületlensége erre ma reggel veszedelmesebb zavargásban tört ki. Reggel kilenc óra felé négy-ötezer ember, főként asszonyok, vonult végig a Kossuth … [Read more...] about “Veszedelmesebb zavargás” – sikeres utcai tiltakozás az első világháború idején Budapest-környékén
Annual Seminar: Elite and their Challengers – June 2020
Short summary for website Often told separately, the histories of regional societies within the Danubian space offer common points of comparison. In order to disaggregate the traditional, separate groups presented in the classic historiography, which uses central sources, Work … [Read more...] about Annual Seminar: Elite and their Challengers – June 2020
Leavers and Remainers: The Self-Fashioning of a Hungarian Administrative Official Leaving Greater Romania
Gábor Egry, September 15th 2020 On July 5, 1920, a month after the signing of the Trianon peace treaty, the newspaper Erdélyi Hírek announced that Sándor Antalffy had arrived in the city of Abony with his family. At that moment, Antalffy was a modestly known official, the … [Read more...] about Leavers and Remainers: The Self-Fashioning of a Hungarian Administrative Official Leaving Greater Romania
Family relationships among the elite groups of Baia Mare/Nagybánya. The example of the Harácsek family.
Anikó-Borbála Izsák, August 26th 2020 When examining the urban elite groups of Baia Mare/Nagybánya, the repetition of names isn’t the only thing that becomes apparent. Looking at the obituaries, and wedding notices in the newspapers, we can also deduce the kinship relations … [Read more...] about Family relationships among the elite groups of Baia Mare/Nagybánya. The example of the Harácsek family.