József Zachar

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József Zachar (born October 27, 1943 in Csepel near Budapest , † December 9, 2009 in Budapest) was a Hungarian historian, Colonel i. R. Zachar and has been Professor of Modern History in Eger (Hungary) and President of the National Commission of Hungarian Military Historians since 2002 .

Life

From 1961 to 1966 Zachar studied history and German at the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest . From 1967 he worked as a teacher at the military college " Lajos Kossuth ", where he was appointed senior teacher for military history in 1974.

From 1975 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute and Museum of Military History and in 1977 acquired the academic degree of Candidate in Science (C.Sc.). In 1983 he joined the Hungarian armed forces and was also the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Hadtörténelmi Közlemények" ( Military History Communications ). Between 1986 and 1995 he was head of the permanent Hungarian archive delegation in the Austrian War Archives . Upon his return home, he was promoted to colonel and appointed scientific deputy director general of the Institute and Museum of Military History in Budapest . He held this position until his retirement in 1999.

Prof. Dr. József Zachar

Between 2000 and 2003 he was deputy head of department at the Institute for Advanced Training and Research in Security at the University of Police (Budapest). He completed his habilitation in 2001 and was appointed full professor by the Hungarian President the following year . Until his death he worked at the Károly Eszterházy University in Eger (Hungary) .

His field of research was the military history of Hungary, with a focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. He has authored twenty independent volumes and participated in scientific conferences.

He was married and had two sons: Péter Krisztián Zachar (* 1976) is also a historian and university professor, Viktor Kristóf Zachar (* 1980) is a translator, interpreter and university assistant.

Publications (selection)

  • Az osztrák-német Alkotmánypárt és a politikai hatalom 1861—1881. / German-Austrian liberalism and political power. 1861-1881./ Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981. ISBN 963-05-2614-X .
  • Idegen hadakban. / Under a foreign flag / Nemzet és Emlékezet, Magvető Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1984. ISBN 963-14-0131-6 .
  • Franciaország magyar marsallja: Bercsényi László. / Bercsényi Lászlo, Hungarian field marshal in France / Korok és emberek, Zrínyi Kiadó, Budapest, 1987. ISBN 963-326-364-6 .
  • The existence of French Illyria 1809-1813 - an episode in the Austro-Hungarian military history. In: Acta, XII. Colloque Internationale d'Histoire Militaire. Athens, 1989.
  • Hungary and the two wars of Emperor Charles VI. against the Ottoman Empire 1716-1718 and 1736-1739. In: Hungary Yearbook, Volume 17. Munich, 1989.
  • Csaták, hadvezérek, katonák a XVIII. században. / Battles, commanders, soldiers in the 18th century / Hősök — csaták, Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1990.
  • Bercsényi Hussars for and against the French Revolution 1792-1797. In: Actes, XV. Colloque International d'Histoire Militaire. Paris, 1991.
  • The Austro-Hungarian Army - an example of a multicultural armed force? In: European Security Policy, CSCE. The development of arms control and disarmament. Ed .: Wendl, Erich. Vienna, 1993.
  • The rule of the Habsburgs and the defense system of the Hungarian half of the empire 1648-1798. In: Hungary Yearbook, Volume 22.Munich, 1996.
  • The Hungarian hussar - an illustrated history. Corvina Books, Budapest, 2000. ISBN 963-13-4454-1 .
  • The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Warsaw Treaty (or the creation of the Army Group South). In: Acta's, XXV. Colloque International d'Histoire Militaire. Brussels, 2000.
  • Hungarian Soldiers in the Habsburg and Foreign Armies, 1699--1789. In: A Millennium of Hungarian Military History. Ed. Király, Béla - Veszprémy, László. New York, 2002.
  • "Egy ezred évi szenvedés". ( Memento of September 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Fejezetek a magyarság hadi történelméből. / "A thousand years of suffering". Chapter from the military history of the Hungarians / Heraldika Kiadó, Budapest, 2003.
  • From the “monarchy with a vacant throne” to the people's democracy: Hungary 1937 to 1956. In: The Hungarian crisis 1956 and Austria. Ed .: Schmidl, Erwin A. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna — Cologne — Weimar, 2003.
  • Habsburg-uralom, állandó hadsereg és magyarság 1683-1792. / The rule of the Habsburgs, the standing army and the Hungarians 1683-1792./ Zrínyi Kiadó, Budapest, 2004. ISBN 963-327-378-1 .
  • The Warsaw Treaty and the Revolution in Hungary. In: Fifty Years Ago: Hungary's October Revolution. Ed .: Fuhrer, Hans Rudolf. Wettingen, 2006.
  • A mi huszadik századunk: ( Memento from January 26th 2010 on WebCite ) 1918, 1944, 1956. / Our twentieth century: 1918, 1944, 1956./ Heraldika Kiadó, Budapest, 2007.
  • Válogatott hadtörténeti tanulmányok (XVII-XVIII. Század). / Selected military history studies (17th-18th centuries) ./ Eszterházy Károly Főiskola, Budapest - Eger, 2008.
  • Egy az Isten, egy a Nemzet. ( Memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Írások Jézus-hitű magyar eleinkről. / One God - one people. Writings on our ancestors who believe in Jesus / 2nd improved and expanded edition. Heraldika Kiadó, Budapest, 2009.
  • The insurrection of the Kingdom of Hungary. (A historical overview). In Actes du Symposium international “La campagne de 1809”. Vienna, 2009.
  • King and Estates: Warfare and military organization in Hungary in the late 17th and first half of the 18th century. In: Warfare and State Finances. The Habsburg Monarchy and the Holy Roman Empire from the Thirty Years War to the end of the Habsburg Empire in 1740. Ed .: Peter Rauscher . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster, 2010.

Awards (selection)

  • Golden Order of Merit "For Service to Home" (1988)
  • Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (1993)
  • Cross of Merit of the Order of Vitéz (1993)
  • Legion Of Merit Medal (International Napoléon Society) (1997)
  • Zrínyi Miklós Order of the Hungarian Defense Minister (1997)
  • Szemere Bertalan Order (2005)

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personal data
SURNAME Zachar, József
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zachar, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian historian, professor of modern history
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Csepel (district) , Budapest
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 2009
Place of death Budapest