CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Garthoff, Sebastian |
|---|---|
| Title | Between Volk and Staat - The Hungarian German minority under Karolyi, Kun and Bethlen, 1918-1924 |
| Summary | The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the time of the Hungarian revolutions of 1918 and 1919 in regard to the German minority and thus show how this laid the basis for the future interaction between Hungarian German leadership and state. In this sense, I will answer the question to what extent the future radicalization in the 1930s on both sides – state and minority – were rooted in this time and which factors stood behind this development. Being bound to both Volk and Staat, it is also of interest regarding how the political awakening Swabians tried to achieve their goals, together with or against the government. My focus lies on the period between 1918 and 1924, i.e. from the time of the Hungarian revolutions till the Sopron plebiscite, the abolishment of the Ministry for Nationalities and the consolidation of the Bethlen regime, when the future directions on both sides, minority and state, seemed already clear. Moreover, this paper widens the context of the Hungarian-Swabian problem in order to get away from the short-sighted victim-traitor rhetoric. |
| Supervisor | Gerö, András |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/garthoff_sebastian.pdf |
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