Domokos Kosáry

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Domokos Kosáry [ ˈdomokoʃ ˈkoʃaːri ] (born July 31, 1913 in Banská Štiavnica ; † November 15, 2007 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian scientist, historian and university professor. Kosáry was President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1990 to 1996 .

Life

Domokos Kosáry became known as an opponent of Hungary's alignment with Germany during the Nazi era. After the end of the Second World War he was seen as too "bourgeois" and ignored by the new communist Hungarian rulers. During the Hungarian popular uprising in October 1956, he fought for his ideas and activities for freedom. The uprising was put down by the invasion of the Red Army. Kosáry was sentenced to four years in prison and released in 1960.

Only after the political change in 1989 was he able to step into the limelight again and in 1990 was unanimously elected President of the Free Hungarian Academy of Sciences; In 1993 he was re-elected for a second term. Kosáry was seen as a driving force in the development of free and democratic laws for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1994. In 1991 he was elected a corresponding member of the British Academy .

His main research interests were the recent history of Hungary since the 1930s. In 2006, he headed a commission that prepared the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the 1956 uprising.

He was chairman and later honorary president of the Hungarian Council of the European Movement.

Quotes

  • It was the first shocking reprimand for the Soviet Union that the occupied countries would not allow anything to be done with them. We Hungarians were necessary for the empire to collapse later. It would be unreasonable to hold Western Europe and the US accountable [why they were passive]. It is much more important that the world historical significance of this revolution was recognized internationally. Above all, there is satisfaction with what triumphed in 1956: the revolution was put down, but the common European interest in regaining the eastern half of the continent from the Soviet Union prevailed. - Domokos Kosáry on the importance of the 1956 uprising

Web links

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  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b "The meaning of the uprising of 1956"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 28, 2006@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.eurotopics.org  
  3. ↑ “10. Annual Conference of the German-Hungarian Forum “ , 27./28. October 2000
personal data
SURNAME Kosáry, Domokos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Banská Štiavnica
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2007
Place of death Budapest