Denník o živote a smrti Jánosa Esterházyho
Vol.14,No.1(2011)
Abstract
Keywords:
aristocracy; Hungarian minorit; diary; Jewish laws; Christian faith; gulag; death penalty; life imprisonment; totality
Pages:
105–110
János esterházy (1901–1957) came of a famous aristocratic family which has always played an important role in Hungarian history. Before the Second World War and during the war he was a main representative of Hungarian minority in Slovakia, but in 1945 was extradited to Soviet authorities which deported him to the Soviet Union, where he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Meanwhile, Czechoslovak authorities have called for him because in his absence he was condemned to death, but thanks to his sister this sentence was changed to life imprisonment. His story and inhuman treatment of him were described by his sister Mary-Mycielska Esterházy – who helped him most during the period when he was taken from a Russian concentration camp to Czechoslovakia – in her diary. Finally, János Esterházy died in prison in Mírov and even his remains have not been given to his family.
aristocracy; Hungarian minorit; diary; Jewish laws; Christian faith; gulag; death penalty; life imprisonment; totality
105–110