Little known outside of Hungary, Vilmos Nagybaczoni Nagy (30 May 1884–21 June 1976) was the first Hungarian to be named “Righteous Among The Nations” by Yad Vashem.
Third Europe. Polish Federalist Thought in the United States – 1940–1970s
The genesis of the federalist thought that the book discusses is related to the collapse of the international order in East Central Europe in the years 1938-1939, which also marked a breakthrough in political concepts.
Comrade Baron
To record this unknown episode of recent history, Jaap Scholten travelled extensively in Romania and Hungary and sought out the few remaining aristocrats who experienced the night of 3 March 1949.
The War of the Princes: The Bohemian Lands and the Holy Roman Empire 1546-1555
The mid 16th century represents a turning point in the history of Central Europe. What really happened in Bohemia at that time?
White and Red Umbrella. The Polish American Congress in the Cold War Era (1944-1988)
This volume presents goals and everyday activities of the Polish American Congress under the presidencies of Charles Rozmarek (1944-1968) and Aloysius Mazewski (1968-1988) who shaped its image in the Cold War era.
Agents of Liberation: Holocaust Memory in Contemporary Art and Documentary Film
The book explores representations of the Holocaust in contemporary art practices.
Stigmatized: A History of Hungary’s Internal Deportations during the Communist Dictatorship
This volume recounts in detail the history of the internment and the internal deportation, in Hungary of Hungary’s aristocracy and professional classes during the era of Mátyás Rákosi, 1947-1953.
21st Century Hungarian Language Survival in Transylvania
This book examines the present-day situation of Hungarian as minority language in Romania.
Night and Fog: The Collected Dramas and Screenplays of Danilo Kiš
This volume of translations represents the entire dramatic and cinematic ouevre of the Yugoslav writer Danilo Kiš (1935-1989).
In Search of the Budapest Secession: The Artist Proletariat and Modernism’s Rise in the Hungarian Art Market, 1800–1914
Jeffrey Taylor details the nineteenth century origin of the art market in a Central European nation as its economy was shifting during the Industrial Revolution.