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  • Hungarian Memorials and Markers in the USA: An ongoing project to collect and preserve the memory of sites in the United States named for Hungarian contributions. [download] Do you know of a site to add? Review the document and then [contact us]
  • "Hungary Voted / Csonkaország Szavazott" - an analysis of the dual-citizenship referendum by Dr. Sandor Havadtoy, a Vice President of the American Hungarian Federation and Editor of the Transylvania Committee's quarterly, "Szekely Nep." "The formerly Soviet satellite countries of Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and Slovakia granted dual citizenship to their compatriots living outside of their borders. However, the present post-communist government of Hungary hesitated to give dual citizenship to the three million Hungarians who live in the neighboring countries, pursuant to the Treaty of Trianon at the end of the First World War..." [download English / letoltes Magyarul]

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  • "The Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia and Autonomous Region of Vojvodina, and the Need for a More Coherent U.S. Foreign Policy" by Bryan Dawson-Szilagyi, November 11, 1993, Updated July 29th 2004
    A briefing presented to the Stanton Group, Washington, D.C. [download]
  • "NATO Enlargement" by Frank Koszorus Jr. March 29, 2004
         Remarks on the Occasion of the Enlargement of NATO, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [download]
  • "The Role of Congressional Caucuses in Policy Making: Don't Ignore Them" by Frank Koszorus, Jr., May 2003 [download]
  • "Nato Enlargement And Minority Rights: Prerequisites To Security" by Frank Koszorus, Jr., April 2003
    A memorandum that was submitted to Robert A. Bradtke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, and Heather A. Conley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs during a roundtable discussion on "NATO Enlargement and the Current State of the Trans-Atlantic Alliance." This submission follows several other intiatives, including submissions to Lord Roberston, Secretary General of NATO. [download]
  • “Nato Enlargement: Promoting Western Values, Strengthening The Alliance” by Frank Koszorus, Jr., April 29, 2003
    A Statement Before The United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations. [download]
  • Our own Tibor Purger writes for the Magyar Szo, a Hungarian opposition news agency in the Vajdasag / Vojvodina Province of Yugoslavia. In Hungarian.
  • See the International Crisis Group Report on Serbia from July 1994: Serbia's Changing Political Landscape, a Briefing. An excerpt regarding Serb violence: "Some Serbs in Vojvodina are demonstrating behaviour reminiscent of that which they so frequently and vociferouslt condemn the Kosovo Albanians."
  • "U.S. Senate Unanimously Ratifies Nato Treaty; Senators Raise Rights Of Minorities: Federation Supports Efforts Aimed At Encouraging Romania And Slovakia To Respect Rights Of Hungarian Minorities And Restore Communal Properties" - Press Release by Zoltan Bagdy, May 9, 2003 [download]
  • Final Communique of the American Hungarian Federation: HON. CONGRESSMAN EDWARD F. FEIGHAN (Extension of Remarks - in the House of Representatives, November 21, 1989). A statement on the future of American Hungarian relations after the fall of communism in Hungary. [download]
  • Gov. Louis Kossuth: HON. DON RITTER (Extension of Remarks - March 21, 1990 in the House of Representatives). "We must remember that unless we find a just solution to the problem of national minorities we can never establish a lasting peace in the region. Freedom and democracy mean tolerance and the respect for national self-determination." [download]

Books written by AHF Members (Contact/Purchase information as available. In alphabetical order:)

  • Dr. Bako, Elemer: Emlekkonyv az AMSZ 80-ik Evfordulojara (1988)

  • Nt. Domotor, Tibor: A Hit Csodaja (1988) -
    (Contact Mrs. Elisabeth Domotor. (330) 666-2631 FAX (330) 666-8637)

  • Eszenyi, Laszlo: Faithful unto Death: The life and heroic death of Michael Kovats de Fabricy, Colonel of the Cavalry and hero of the American War of Independence (2003) - (Contact (724) 449-3240)

  • Fury, Lajos: Elmentek a Favagok (1998)

  • Dr. Granville, Johanna: currently a Hoover Institution Campbell National Fellow at Stanford University in California. She has conducted extensive archival research in Moscow, Budapest and Warsaw. She is currently in Yekaterinburg, Russia (Urals region) doing archival research for another book on the 1956 Hungarian crisis and Soviet intervention entitled, "Spillover! The Soviets and Satellites in the Hungarian Crisis of 1956." Purchase and/or read more about the books below on


  • Dr. Hargitai, Peter (American Academy of Poets award winner):
    Purchase and/or read more about the books below on

  • Cleveland Hungarian Association: XLI Kronika (2001)

  • Dr. Kasza, Lajos (Louis):
    (Contact lkasza@aol.com (954) 971-0374)
    • Eveim Amerikaban es Angliaban (1998)
    • Zrinyista Lanyok (2000)
    • Budapestol Washingtonig: Egy menekült magyar állatorvos élete (1997)
      Budapest - Wien - Washington (1999 in German)
    • Hardships and Joys of an Exiled Cancer Researcher:
      The Life of a Political Refugee in America and England (2003) Purchase on

  • Liptak, Bela:
    A Testament of Revolution (2000). Purchase and/or read more about the books on
    Also available in Hungarian

  • Rev. Miskolczy, Kalman: Versek (1996)

  • Peterffy, Gyongyi: Eg es Fold a Hazam - versek (2002)

  • Petervari, Miklos: A Magyarsag Vedelmeben (2000) (Contact (631) 584-3791)

  • Szalay, Julius: Vilagjaro Csendor (941) 351-6379

  • Dr. Szilassy, Sandor:
    • A Nagyhatalmak Jatektereben (2002)
    • Magyarorszag a Szakadek Szelen (1998)
    • Revolutionary Hungary, 1918-1921 (Behind the Iron Curtain series)
      (Contact aracsi@webtv.net (954) 784-0169)
      Purchase on

  • Tarko, Paul:
    Gulag to Rhapsody (2002 with Mason Loika)
    Purchase on

  • Teglas, Csaba:
    Budapest Exit: A Memoir of Fascism, Communism, and Freedom (1998) Published by Texas A&M University Press
    Available on . Also available at Barnes&Noble and Borders bookstores.

Other Resources

  • Dr. Janos Reiner:
    The 1956 Hungarian Revolution:
    A History in Documents     (2002), a National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book edited by Malcolm Byrne. Readers are also encouraged to visit the National Security Archive's reading room at George Washington University's Gelman Library (Suite 701) to view the original versions of these documents, and the many related materials. See an overview at GWU or purchase on .

 

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