https://m2.mtmt.hu/ hun 2026-10-23 19:02 JournalArticle 37117890 ADMIN_APPROVED true 0 false 2026-07-08T07:44:42.339+0000 2026-05-21T14:11:19.826+0000 2026-05-11T04:51:35.532+0000 true 10057463 Novák Attila /api/author/10057463 Author true 10057463 2026-05-21T14:11:16.230+0000 2026-05-21T14:11:16.230+0000 2026-05-21T14:11:19.831+0000 true 10058509 Margit István /api/admin/10058509 Admin true 10058509 true false true 24 24 /api/publicationtype/24 PublicationType 1 true 24 JournalArticle true 10000059 Article true 24 24 /api/publicationtype/24 PublicationType 1 true 24 JournalArticle /api/subtype/10000059 Szakcikk SubType 101 true 10000059 true 1 /api/category/1 Category true 1 Novak, Attila “A Convinced Anti-Communist and Rabid Zionist” Simon Wiesenthal Through the Lenses of Hungarian State Security Service Eeports during the Kádár Era true false /api/journal/10035044 REVIEWED true false 10035044 true 10035044 false 2408-9192 Journal FOREIGN 13 1 137 166 137 30 2026 This study focuses on Simon Wiesenthal, the former head of the Zentrum für jüdische historische Dokumentation (Jewish Historical Documentation Centre), and his relations with Hungary during the Kádár era. Based on original and previously unpublished sources from the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security (ÁBTL) and other repositories, this article examines the attitude of János Kádár’s regime toward Wiesenthal. Wiesenthal, who was under surveillance by the Hungarian State Security Services from the 1960s until the fall of communism, attracted the attention of political decision-makers not only in Hungary but also in other Eastern European countries as a leading figure in the Austrian Jewish community, though his activities aimed at exposing and bringing Nazis to justice soon came to the fore. Wiesenthal, who was also familiar with the activities of former Nazis in the countries of the Eastern Bloc, became a symbol of a new Austrian Jewish identity, but he also became more universally significant. Eastern European state-socialist countries would have preferred him to focus solely on “capitalist countries”, but Wiesenthal’s universal quest for justice made no distinction between Eastern and Western European citizens, and therefore between Eastern and Western crimes and criminals. These observations were generally expressed in the rhetoric of official anti-Zionist propaganda and the ideological language of the Eastern European regimes – in relation to Jews and Israel – which was significantly strengthened after the Six-Day War (1967) and the Polish anti-Zionist purges (1968). true INTERNATIONAL 2026 true true true false true false GOLD 2026-07-08 true https://doi.org/10.23777/sn.0126/doc_novak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A false false false false 2026-05-20T14:11:19.643+0000 Molnár Tamás Kutatóintézet (NKE / EJKK) 1 5 1 1 0 false Language 10002 /api/language/10002 Angol English true 2 true PersonAuthorship 137827375 /api/authorship/137827375 1 1.0 true false true Author 10057463 /api/author/10057463 Novák Attila true 10057463 true Novak Attila true false false AuthorshipType 1 /api/authorshiptype/1 0 true 0 true false true PublicationIdentifier 31981643 /api/publicationidentifier/31981643 PlainSource 6 /api/publicationsource/6 PublicationSourceType 10001 /api/publicationsourcetype/10001 true true true DOI DOI https://doi.org/@@@ true true 6 true GOLD true IDENTICAL 10.23777/sn.0126/doc_novak https://doi.org/10.23777/sn.0126/doc_novak false true PublicationIdentifier 31981644 /api/publicationidentifier/31981644 PlainSource 40 /api/publicationsource/40 PublicationSourceType 10006 /api/publicationsourcetype/10006 true true true Egyéb URL Other URL @@@ true true 40 true https://simon.vwi.ac.at/index.php/simon/article/view/334 https://simon.vwi.ac.at/index.php/simon/article/view/334 false true Classification 13102 /api/classification/13102 true true Classification 12986 /api/classification/12986 true true Classification 12525 /api/classification/12525 true true Classification 12977 /api/classification/12977 true true Keyword 3374 /api/keyword/3374 true 3374 true Keyword 10864 /api/keyword/10864 true 10864 true Keyword 2076121 /api/keyword/2076121 true true Keyword 2104187 /api/keyword/2104187 true true MtaRating 11781262 /api/mtarating/11781262 RatingType 10004 /api/ratingtype/10004 TTB Institute 14110 /api/institute/14110 0 false true false Történettudományi Bizottság Committee on History true 14110 true true true A true true /api/publication/37117890 <div class="JournalArticle Publication long-list"> <div class="authors"> <img title="Forrásközlemény" style="float: left" src="/frontend/resources/grid/publication-core-icon.png"> <div class="autype autype0"> <span class="author-name" mtid="10057463"><a href="/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10057463" target="_blank">Novak Attila ✉ (<span class="authorship-author-name">Novák Attila</span> <span class="authorAux-mtmt"> történelemtudomány</span>) </a> </span> <span class="author-affil"><span title="Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem">NKE</span>/<span title="Eötvös József Kutatóközpont">EJKK</span>/Molnár Tamás Kutatóintézet</span> </div> </div> <div class="title"><a href="/gui2/?mode=browse&params=publication;37117890" target="_blank">“A Convinced Anti-Communist and Rabid Zionist” : Simon Wiesenthal Through the Lenses of Hungarian State Security Service Eeports during the Kádár Era.</a></div> <div> <span class="journal-title">S:I.M.O.N. SHOAH: INTERVENTION METHODS DOCUMENTATION</span> <span class="journal-issn">( <a target="_blank" href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2408-9192">2408-9192</a>)</span>: <span class="journal-volume">13</span> <span class="journal-issue">1</span> <span class="page"> pp 137-166 </span> <span class="year">(2026)</span> </div> <div class="pub-footer"> <span class="language" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">Nyelv: Angol | </span> <span class="identifiers"> <span class="id identifier oa_GOLD" title=" Gold "> <a style="color:blue" title="10.23777/sn.0126/doc_novak" target="_blank" href="https://doi.org/10.23777/sn.0126/doc_novak"> DOI </a> </span> <span class="id identifier oa_none" title="none"> <a style="color:black" title="https://simon.vwi.ac.at/index.php/simon/article/view/334" target="_blank" href="https://simon.vwi.ac.at/index.php/simon/article/view/334"> Egyéb URL </a> </span> </span> <OnlyViewableByAuthor><div class="ratings"> <div class="journal-subject">Történettudományi Bizottság II. FTO TTB [1901-]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A</div> </div></OnlyViewableByAuthor> <div class="mtid"><span class="long-pub-mtid">Közlemény: 37117890</span> | <span class="status-data status-ADMIN_APPROVED"> Admin láttamozott </span> Forrás | <span class="type-subtype">Folyóiratcikk ( Szakcikk ) </span> | <span class="pub-category">Tudományos</span> | <span class="publication-sourceOfData"></span> </div> <div class="lastModified">Utolsó módosítás: 2026.05.21. 16:11 Margit István (NKE 4-es admin) </div> </div></div>