Krisztián Ungváry

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Krisztián Ungváry (2014)

Krisztián Ungváry [ ˈkristiaːn ˈuŋɡvaːri ] (born October 30, 1969 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian historian and contemporary historian .

life and work

Ungváry is the son of the writer, publicist and dissident Rudolf Ungváry and his wife Éva Monspart and grew up with his two sisters in Budapest. During his school and university days he won several awards for his historical achievements. In 1993, thanks to a DAAD scholarship , he spent the winter semester in Freiburg im Breisgau , where he got to know the Freiburg military archive.

His work Budapest ostroma ( Eng . The Battle of Budapest), published in 1998, was a bestseller in Hungary . The translations into English and German were received very positively. In Germany he became known in 1999 as a critic of the Wehrmacht exhibition , about the direction of which he criticized in several publications.

Ungváry's primary interest is the political and military history of the 20th century. He is primarily interested in people's relationship to their own history . Hence his interest in the history of uniforms and phaleristics (religious orders). He is himself a collector of militaria and a member of related associations.

Others

Ungváry is a winemaker and recognized taster . He owns a two- hectare winery in the Tokaj wine region in Olaszliszka . In 1998 he won a regional award.

Quote

“Europe has a twofold past: the West only experienced part of the totalitarianism of the 20th century. Unfortunately, Western intellectuals have more authority over history and sometimes show too little sensitivity for the victims of communism. But a democrat would have to keep the same distance from all dictatorships. The attempts to create a European memory without taking into account the interests of Eastern Europeans, I perceive as spiritual colonization. "

- Krisztián Ungváry : Commentary on the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

Fonts (selection)

  • Budapest Ostroma , Budapest 1998.
    • The battle for Budapest. Translation Thomas Zöbelin, Zoltán Imre. Herbig, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-776-62120-6
  • A magyar honvédség a második világháborúban. Budapest 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Krisztián Ungváry: Reemtsma's Legends. Not only pictures can lie. In: FAZ , November 5, 1999
    Krisztián Ungváry: Crime and Liability. The break in the Wehrmacht exhibition not only helps to check the pictures: the concept of responsibility also needs to be clarified. In: SZ , November 16, 1999
    Krisztián Ungváry: With two standards. The commission to review the Hamburg Wehrmacht Exhibition was partisan and imprecise. In: Berliner Zeitung , November 23, 2000
  2. ↑ 50 years of the Treaty of Rome: “The EU is quite okay” , article from March 23, 2007 on Spiegel Online
personal data
SURNAME Ungváry, Krisztián
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Hungary