Tibor Eckhardt papers, 1921-1972

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Creators:
Eckhardt, Tibor, 1888-1972
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, clippings and other printed matter relating to twentieth-century Hungarian politics, anti-communist movements in the United States, and Hungarian émigré politics.
Extent:
24 manuscript boxes (10.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Hungarian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Tibor Eckhardt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, clippings and other printed matter relating to twentieth-century Hungarian politics, anti-communist movements in the United States, and Hungarian émigré politics.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1888 October 26
Born, Makó, Hungary
pre-1914
Served in the Royal Hungarian Ministry of Interior
1914-1918
Attached to the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army and the Administration of Transylvania
1919
Organized active resistance with police force against the communist regime of Bela Kun in Hungary
1920
Chief of Press Section, Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, later in the Prime Minister's Office
1922
Elected to the Hungarian Parliament as member of the Government Party
1923
Went into opposition against the conservative government
1929-1930
Visited the United States upon the invitation of President Butler of Columbia University; lectured at American universities under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment
1930
Founded the Hungarian Small Holders' Party and became its leader
1934-1935
Chief Delegate of Hungary to the League of Nations, Geneva
1935
Leader of the democratic opposition in Hungary
1940
Visited the United States for the second time, received by President Roosevelt, who invited him to come to the United States in case Hungary was overrun by the Nazis
1941 August 8
Arrived in the United States
1941 September
Founded the "Movement for Independent Hungary"
1941-1945
Collaborated with the U.S. State Department
1948
Participated in organizing the Hungarian National Council and accepted membership in its Executive Committee
1954
Resigned from the Executive Committee of the Hungarian National Council
Participated in organizing the Assembly of Captive European Nations and became Chairman of its Hungarian delegation
1956 October
Launched the organization "First Aid for Hungary," with Herbert Hoover as Honorary Chairman
1908
Doctor of Law, University of Berlin, Germany
Doctor of Law, Peter Pazmany University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
1972 September 10
Died, New York
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Tibor Eckhardt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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