"Az 1917-1918-as tél Oroszországban hadifoglyaink legnehezebb időszaka lesz" : Hadifogolysorsok és az oroszországi forradalom = “The Winter of 1917–1918 in Russia will be the Toughest Period for Our Prisoners of War.” Prisoners of War and the Russian Revolution

Kaba, Eszter (2018) "Az 1917-1918-as tél Oroszországban hadifoglyaink legnehezebb időszaka lesz" : Hadifogolysorsok és az oroszországi forradalom = “The Winter of 1917–1918 in Russia will be the Toughest Period for Our Prisoners of War.” Prisoners of War and the Russian Revolution. TÖRTÉNELMI SZEMLE, 60 (3). pp. 469-478. ISSN 0040-9634

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Abstract

The revolutionary events that started in 1917 transformed to a considerable extent the life of the Russian prisoner camps and their inmates. They exerted great impact on everyday life, disturbed the customary order of the camps, and, moreover, the prisoners themselves occasionally fell victim to the spreading bloodshed. Several among the captives joined the Red Army because of the breakdown of public security, fearing for their lives, in the hope of getting arms, and upon their return to Hungary they had to face the consequences of such a decision. After 1919 fear of Bolshevism was greater in Hungary than ever before, and thus the slightest suspicion elicited recrimination, which, in its turn, was liable to effect negatively the living conditions, work possibilities and social relations of the given individual.

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