Dr. Katalin Kadar Lynn: Tibor Eckhard in His Own Words: An Autobiography

Tibor Eckhardt was a powerful and influential figure in the political life of Hungary from the end of World War I until 1941 when he emigrated to the United States. Eckhardt's career included personal contact with some of the most controversial and important figures of the first half of the twentieth century, among them, Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Paul Teleki, Edvard Benes, and Winston Churchill. He recounts these first-hand personal meetings and impressions in vivid detail in this autobiography.

Read about Tibor and his work with AHF on the Movement for an Independent Hungary which sought to extracate Hungary from the Axis sphere. Purchase this book on

Dr. Lynn is also author of:

• Tibor Eckhardt: His American Years, 1941-1972
• The Return of the Crown of St. Stephen and its subsequent impact on the Carter Administration. East European Quarterly by Katalin Kadar Lynn (Jun 22, 2000)

Who is Katalin Kádár Lynn, Ph.D.?

I was born in Budapest of Hungarian parentage and emigrated with my family to Germany at the end of WWII and then came to the US as part of the Displaced Persons immigration program. I was educated in the United States ( BA from the University of Colorado and an MLA from Washington University in St. Louis, MO). After a long career in the world of business, including a stint as a business professor at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO, I returned to graduate school to obtain a PhD at ELTE in Budapest. I was awarded my PhD in June of this year with honors.

My area of specialization is 20th century history, with an emphasis on WWII, the Cold War, United States –East European political relations and Émigré Political Movements. Since I returned to graduate school to pursue my doctorate I have had several research papers published both here and in Hungary. My dissertation topic was “Tibor Eckhardt his American Years 1941-1972”. My dissertation is being published this year by L’Harmattan Press, Paris and Budapest in Hungarian and in English by East European Monographs, Boulder and distributed by Columbia University Press. The Introduction to my book on Tibor Eckhardt with personal reminiscences about him, was graciously written by Dr. Otto von Habsburg, a friend of long standing of Tibor Eckhardt. I also edited the posthumously published autobiography of Tibor Eckhardt ( Tibor Eckhardt in his own words) published in June 2005 by East European Monographs and Columbia University Press for which the Introduction was written by the distinguished, Dr. Ottó Hámos, President of the American Hungarian Library and Historical Society in New York.

Previously unpublished archival material on Tibor Eckhardt was supplied to me by his family both in the United States and in Europe and I had the full cooperation of his son Tibor Eckhardt Jr. in my work.

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