Handbooks

A Global History: The 1956 Hungarian Refugee Crisis Handbook, (eds. Gusztáv D. Kecskés, Tamás Scheibner), Budapest: BTK TTI, 2022.

CONTENTS

Az 1956-os menekültek kutatása. Előszó Foreword: Research on the 1956 Refugees / Gusztáv D. Kecskés & Tamás Scheibner

I. Context

A single tree in the crowd? The Hungarian refugee crisis in a global context / Jussi M. Hanhimäki

Migration from Eastern and Central Europe during the Cold War / Sławomir Łukasiewicz

II. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

UN General Assembly / Georg Kastner

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees / Marjoleine Zieck

The UN Special Committee dealing with the problem of Hungary / András Nagy

League of Red Cross Societies / Gusztáv D. Kecskés

American Philanthropic Organizations / Tamás Scheibner

Churches and religious communities / James P. Niessen

Assembly of Captive European Nations (ACEN) / Anna Mazurkiewicz

III. THE REFUGEES

Statistical characteristics of refugees / Ibolya Murber

The refugee policy of the Kádár government / Magdolna Baráth

The repatriation / András Lénárt

Repatriating refugees: the example of Switzerland (1956‒1963) / Robert Tiphaine

The Hungarian secret services and the emigrants of 1956 / Mária Palasik

The Soviet Union and Hungarian refugees in Austria / Peter Ruggenthaler – Maximilian Graf

International aid in '56 life stories / Katalin Somlai

Fugitive university students become successful intellectuals. Fates / János Kubassek

The demographic effects of the 1956 emigration in Hungary / Sándor Illés

IV. COUNTRY STUDIES: EUROPE

Austria / Ibolya Murber

Yugoslavia / Ibolya Murber & Katarina Kovačević

Federal Republic of Germany / Ferenc Cseresnyés & Andreas Schmidt-Schweizer

Switzerland / Gusztáv D. Kecskés

Liechtenstein / Ibolya Murber

United Kingdom / Gyula Hegedűs

Ireland / Balázs Apor

France / Gusztáv D. Kecskés

Belgium / Frank Caestecker & Vera Hajtó

The Netherlands Marjoleine Zieck

Norway / Hallvard Tjelmeland

Sweden / Anders Wigerfelt-Svensson

Denmark / Anders Wigerfelt-Svensson

Finland / Iván Szegő

Iceland / Viktória Gyönki

Italy / Andrea Carteny – Elena Tosti Di Stefano

Spain / András T. Lénárt

Portugal / István Szilágyi

V. COUNTRY AND REGION STUDIES: OUTSIDE EUROPE

United States / Nóra Deák

Canada / Christopher Adam

Latin America / Zsuzsanna Csikós

Brazil / Judit Ágnes Szilágyi

Argentina / Márk Zsonda

Dominican Republic / Domingo Lilón

Peru / Katalin Jancsó

Mexico / Mónika Szente-Varga & Agustín Sánchez Andrés

Turkey / Emre Saral

Israel / András Lénárt

Australia / Dawn Bolge

South African Union / Gábor Búr

VI. SUMMARY

Local refugee crisis - global solutions. Reception of the Hungarian refugees of 1956 / Gusztáv D. Kecskés & Tamás Scheibner

VII. APPENDIX