According to very recent reporting, Hungary will release thousands of secret agent and informant files from the socialist era on November 4. The following is translated from a 30 Septembner 2026 Russian-language news article. Researchers claim that virtually every resident of Hungary will be able to find the names of relatives or acquaintances in theseContinueContinue reading “Difficult Converations Ahead – Hungary Prepares for Explosive Release of Declassified Archives”
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1955: Zhukov Advises CPSU on Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Austria, Bolsters the Warsaw Pact
On 15 May 1955, the Austrian State Treaty was signed, thereby re-establishing Austria as a free, independent, and democratic sovereign state after World War II. The treaty was signed by the Allied occupying powers (the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France) and the Austrian government, and officially ended the joint foreignContinueContinue reading “1955: Zhukov Advises CPSU on Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Austria, Bolsters the Warsaw Pact”
Cold War West Germany: Giving Eastern Bloc Truck Drivers License to Spy
Every now and then, while researching other materials being translated, I’ll bump into a curious news article that catches the eye and won’t let it go. For example, this gem from the Philadelphia Inquirer from 10 January 1986: As I was living and working in West Berlin at the time, many kilometers within the bowelsContinueContinue reading “Cold War West Germany: Giving Eastern Bloc Truck Drivers License to Spy”
New Declassified Documents Online Commemorating the Liberation of Hungary
The Russian Federation Ministry of Defense today published a number of recently declassified documents commemorating events leading up to and involving the February 1945 liberation of Hungary by Soviet Red Army forces. The multimedia portal, titled “Hungary Remembers and Cannot Forget,” appears to cover a number of events throughout the 50-day siege of Nazi-occupied Budapest.ContinueContinue reading “New Declassified Documents Online Commemorating the Liberation of Hungary”
