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Secret Police Files: Hungary’s register, not the stories
An independent guide to searching Hungary’s communist-era secret police registers, understanding what the records can show, and requesting files.
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- People researching Hungarian family histories
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- It warns that a register entry proves registration, not what someone reported; many working dossiers were destroyed before 1989.
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The guide routes searches to nyitottaktak.hu, where it says the interface is Hungarian and a name plus birth year can be enough to try; it recommends checking unaccented spellings and a mother’s maiden name. Its sections distinguish network registration cards, recruitment logbooks, and digitized card-index tapes from the later dossiers, which the page says are due by 25 February 2027. A 52-term glossary and five-film list add context.
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