From Détente to the Wall’s Downfall
Witnesses of historic times reminisced about the transformation of East-Central Europe 35 years ago at the Ludovika University of Public Service.
Witnesses of historic times reminisced about the transformation of East-Central Europe 35 years ago at the Ludovika University of Public Service.
Fifty-five years ago, in 1968, the streets of Prague were witnessing a similar scene to that of Budapest in the autumn of 1956. Otto von Habsburg followed the events in Czechoslovakia as closely as he had followed the revolution in Hungary twelve years before. The former heir to the throne, like other analysts, made a comparison between the two events early on.
The Director General of the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, István Monok, recently sent us a digitised copy of records of the guest book of the Comenius Teacher Training College in Sárospatak, along with the corresponding images, which feature the namesake of our Foundation and his signature.