Csécsi Nagy Imre altábornagy évszázados életútja (1868-1967) - II. rész. Halálra ítélve a nagyváradi összeesküvési perben

Réfi, Attila (2022) Csécsi Nagy Imre altábornagy évszázados életútja (1868-1967) - II. rész. Halálra ítélve a nagyváradi összeesküvési perben. VERITAS ÉVKÖNYV 2020. pp. 154-170. ISSN 2416-0687

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The Century-Long Life of Lieutenant General Imre Csécsi Nagy (1868–1967). Part II: Sentenced to Death in the Nagyvárad Conspiracy Trial Revolutions and the collapse of Historic Hungary in the wake of the First World War sent shockwaves through most of Hungarian society, including Colonel Imre Csécsi Nagy, who after retiring from active duty lived in Nagyvárad, a city significantly impacted by these events. Initially, Nagyvárad fell under the control of the Republic of Councils, followed by Romanian occupation in April 1919. The majority of residents considered the presence of Romanian troops in their city as temporary, so when informed that the Romanian military had begun withdrawing from Hungarian territories, all of Nagyvárad held out hope that the Romanians would also depart from their city supposing that Miklós Horthy’s national army would initiate an attack against the Romanians, they worried about the communists taking advantage of the vulnerability of the city and seizing power again in the lag between the Romanian withdrawal and the arrival of Hungarian troops. In light of these events, Csécsi Nagy resolved to form an organization to provide support to the Hungarian military and hinder the undertakings of the communists. Together with Vilmos Cserey, a hussar lieutenant colonel whom he successfully recruited, Csécsi Nagy convinced numerous individuals, mainly former officers, to help him with his plans. Through First Lieutenant Lóránt Csapó of the National Army, he tried to contact the Hungarian General Staff. On the afternoon of December 20th, an unknown person passed Cserey two documents allegedly from the General Staff. One was a letter of commission authorizing Cserey to lead the Nagyvárad organization. The other was a detailed instructional letter on how to form the organization. Cserey delivered both documents to Csécsi Nagy. The Romanians, who had been keeping them under surveillance, arrested both men and discovered the documents on that same night Mass arrests were initiated within days, leading to numerous prominent representatives of Nagyvárad’s Hungarian community being jailed. On January 12th, 1920, the most high-profile defendants, including Csécsi Nagy and Cserey, were transferred to Kolozsvár. Eight men were ultimately brought before a judge: Csécsi Nagy, Cserey, Major Albert Szunyogh, Lieutenant Colonel Sándor Birtha, Deputy Mayor Ödön Lukács, notary public György Örley, county judge Tihamér Jankovich and First Lieutenant Csapó. The first hearing took place in Kolozsvár between February 3rd and 7th, 1920. The defendants were sentenced to death with the exception of Örley, whose punishment was fifteen years of hard labor. However, in the wake of Entente intervention and on appeal, the rulings were overturned a new trial was ordered, which was held in Nagyvárad between July 17th and 24th, 1920. Csécsi Nagy, Cserey, Csapó and Jankovich once again received the death sentence Lukács and Szunyogh were sentenced to hard labor. Birtha and Örley were acquitted. Under intense international pressure, however, the Supreme Military Tribunal in Bucharest nullified the rulings and the defendants were released. In the wake of the ruling, Csécsi Nagy settled in Hungary.

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