On March 20, 2022, Gergely Prőhle, Director of our Foundation and Dr. Gergő Bendegúz Cseh, Director General of the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security (ÁBTL), signed a cooperation agreement. The aim of the agreement is to work together on processing all – now available – state security records, reports and related documents on Otto von Habsburg and his immediate environment, as well as the relevant files held in our collection. This will reveal the methods used by the communist state authorities to monitor the activities of our namesake. It will also allow us to reconstruct the network of not only the heir to the throne, but also the Hungarian emigrants and emigrant organisations closely connected to him. Another significant pillar of our cooperation is the scientific processing and publication of sources and the organisation of joint professional events.
Following the signing of the cooperation agreement, a delegation from our Foundation had the opportunity to observe some of the reports on Otto von Habsburg and afterwards, led by the Director General of the ÁBTL, visited the Archives and the permanent exhibition of the institution.
