Born in Budapest in 1961, Attila Szakolczai was educated at the Mihály Fazekas Grammar School and then graduated in 1985 from the Faculty of Arts at the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, with a teacher’s degree in Hungarian and History. He taught at the Dániel Berzsenyi Grammar School until 1992, during which time he also held a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Literature. Since 1992, he has been a research fellow at the 1956 Institute, with the 1956 revolution and the subsequent reprisals as his special field of study.

 

Publications

Book

The 1956 Revolution and Struggle for Independence. Budapest: 1956 Institute, 2001, 434 pp.

Szakolczai, Attila, and László Á. Varga, eds, A vidék forradalma 1956 (The revolution in the provinces, 1956) I. Budapest: 1956-os Intézet/Budapest Főváros Levéltára, 2003

A vidék forradalma, 1956. II. kötet [Revolution inthe Provinces, 1956. Volume II] Book design and cover by István Molnár Iscsu. Edited by Attila Szakolczai
Published by the 1956 Institute, Budapest Capital City Archives 2006, 469 pages

 

Digital

The History of the 1956 Revolution and Struggle for Independence. Digital history book Budapest: 1956 Institute, 1997. http://www.rev.hu/sulinet56/online/naviga/index.htm. In Hungarian and English.

 

Studies

‘Those Executed during the Reprisals after the Revolution.’ In: Yearbook III. Budapest: 1956 Institute, 1994, pp. 237–57.

‘The ’56 Political Trials.’ Rubicon, No. 6–7, 1995, pp. 42–6.

‘1956 as Reflected in Secondary-School Textbooks.’ In: Yearbook IV. Budapest: 1956 Institute, 1995, pp. 326–34.

‘Reprisals and Recollections.’ In: 1956 Handbook, III. Edited by Péter Kende. Budapest: 1956 Institute, 1996.

Notes contributed to Daily Police Reports. October 23–December 12, 1956. Compiled and introduced by Erzsébet A. Kajári. Budapest: Ministry of the Interior and 1956 Institute, 1996, 571 pp.

Introduction, and editing in conjunction with József Bana, János Borbély, Gyula Szakál and Jenő Vörös: Győr, 1956. Collection of Documents. 2 volumes. Győr: Mayor’s Office, 1996, 575 pp.

‘We Run into the Revolution.’ Rubicon, No. 1–2, 1996, pp. 47–50.

‘Attila Szigethy and the 1956 Revolution in Győr.’ In: The Life and Work of Attila Szigethy. Scholarly Memorial Session in Budapest, October 31, 1996. Edited by Lajos Gecsényi, Lajos Győri-Molnár and Levente Sipos. Győr: Attila Szigethy Society and County Archives, 1997, pp. 30–54.

Notes contributed to Daily Police Reports. December 13–31, 1956. Compiled and introduced by Erzsébet A. Kajári. Budapest: Ministry of the Interior and 1956 Institute, 1997, 476 pp.

‘Amnesty.’ Beszélő, No. 5, 1997, pp. 74–6.

‘Historical Play-Past.’ Beszélő, No. 6, 1997, pp. 109–16.

‘The Games of Periods, the Game with Periods.’ História. No. 5–6, 1997, pp. 64–6.

‘The Zrinyi in 1956.’ In: ‘Like Many Trees with Fruit…’ Studies in Honour of Sándor Iván Kovács. Edited by Géza Orlovszky. Budapest: Loránd Eötvös University, Department of Old Hungarian Literary History, 1997, pp. 129–35.

‘Restoration of the Armed Organizations of Force at the Turn of 1956 and 1957.’ In: Yearbook VII, 1999, pp. 18–60.

‘The Győr Waggon Factory Workers’ Council at the Head of the Győr Revolution.’ In: Politics, the Economy and Society in 20th-Century Hungarian History. Vol. 2. Edited by Levente Püski, Lajos Timár and Tibor Valuch. Debrecen: Lajos Kossuth University History Institute, Department of Contemporary Hungarian History, 2000, pp. 125–37.

‘Mass Movements in Miskolc, October 25–6, 1956.’ In: Yearbook VIII. Budapest: 1956 Institute, pp. 303–22.

‘Reprisal and Restoration (1956–1963).’ In: The Ideas of the Hungarian Revolution. Suppression and Victory (1956–1999). Edited by Béla Király and Lee W. Congdon. Budapest: ARP, pp. 147–67.

Diákok, vasutasok hozták a hírt. Az 56-os forradalom és szabadságharc a falvakban (Students and railwaymen brought the news. The '56 Revolution and Struggle for Independence in the villages). In: Kincses Kalendárium a 2006-os esztendőre (Treasure Calendar for 2006). Budapest: Central Kft, 2005, pp. 65–70.

Az 1956-os forradalom és szabadságharc (1956 Revolution and War of Independence). In: Estók, János, editor-in-chief, Nemzeti Évfordulóink, 2006 (Our national anniversaries, 2006). Budapest: Balassi Bálint Magyar Kulturális Intézet, 2005, pp. 11–13.

1956. Budapest: Osiris, 2006b. (Nation and Memory series.)
1956. Forradalom és szabadságharc Győr-Sopron megyében (1956. Revolution and Struggle for Independence in Győr-Sopron County). Győr: Győr Megyei Jogú Város Levéltára, Edited by Attila Szakolczai, 2006. 1956 in the City of Győr. Győr: Győr Town of County Rank Archives, 2006.

1956 - Chronik einer Revolution. In Schweizer Monatshefte, 2006/02. 18-21. o.

The People of the Countryside. In 1956: The Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence,Lee Congdon, Béla K. Király and Károly Nagy (ed.) Atlantic Research and Publications, Inc., 2006. (Atlantic Studies on Society in Change, 128.)

The main provincial centres of the 1956 Revolution: Győr and Miskolc. Europe-Asia Studies, 2006.

Az 1956-os forradalom és szabadságharc vidéken (The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Struggle in the Provinces). In: Rozs, András, ed.: Pécs és Baranya 1956-ban (Pécs and Baranya in 1956). Pécs: Baranya Megyei Levéltár, 2008, 21-31.

Az 1956. október 31-i szovjet döntés lehetséges magyar okai-Karhatalomból nemzetőrség (Possible Hungarian reasons for the Soviet decision of October 31, 1956-From special police to national guard). In: Horváth, András J., ed.: Szívvel és tettel. Tanulmányok Á. Varga László tiszteletére (With heart and deed. Studies for László Á. Varga). Budapest/Salgótarján: Nógrád Megyei Levéltár, 2008, 393-425.

Szegény Jankó Piroska (Poor Piroska Jankó). In: Germuska, Pál, and János M. Rainer, eds: Évkönyv XV.

 

Commemorative articles

‘The Sixth Coffin. The Victims of Reprisals and Vengeance.’ Magyar Nemzet, June 16, 1997, p. 7.

‘October the Twenty-Third.’ Népszava, October 21, 2000, p. 7.

 

Reviews and articles

‘Volleys of Fire, 1956. Edited by Frigyes Kahler. Lakitelek: Antológia, 1996.’ In: Yearbook III. Budapest: 1956 Institute, 1994, pp. 315–25.

‘Hungarian ’56. Reprisals, Resistance and Emigration in Hungary, the Carpathian Basin and the West. 2 vols. Edited by Ágoston Székelyhidi. Budapest: World Federation of Hungarians, 1956 Committee.’ Múltunk, No. 2, 1997, pp. 311–18.

‘1956 in Somogy. Selected Documents. Selected and compiled by László Szántó. Kaposvár: County Archives, 1998.’ Századok, No. 6, 1998, pp. 1418–21.

‘The Unknown Soviet-Hungarian War. The Soviet Military Intervention, 1956. Edited by Jenő Györkei and Miklós Horváth. Budapest: Argumentum, 1996.’ In: Yearbook VI. Budapest: 1956 Institute, 1998, pp. 351–9.

‘October ’56 and Power. Documents of the Leading Bodies of the Hungarian Workers’ Party, October 24–28, 1956. Edited by Julianna Horváth and Zoltán Ripp. Budapest: Napvilág, 1997.’ Múltunk, No. 3–4, 1998, pp. 488–94.

Poor History. Gábor Jobbágyi: This Is the Blood of the Martyrs. The Reprisal Trials after 1956. Budapest: Kairosz, 1998.’ Beszélő, No. 6, 1999, pp. 38–44.

‘What Has Been Left Out of the History Books. Review of Róbert Szalay: The True Story of the Revolution.’ Élet és Irodalom, January 7, 2000, p. 7.

‘Chronology and Personal Database of Bács-Kiskun County in 1956. 2 vols. Edited by Ágnes Tóth. Kecskemét: County Archives.’ Századok, No. 5, 2000, pp. 1297–1301.

Háborús bűnösök elítélése az 1956-os forradalom után (Sentencing of war criminals after the 1956 Revolution). In: János M. Rainer and Éva Standeisky, eds, Évkönyv XII. 2004. Magyarország a jelenkorban (Yearbook XII. Hungary in the present period). Budapest: 1956-os Intézet, 2004, 29–52.

A miskolci diákok az 1956-os forradalomban (Miskolc students in the 1956 Revolution). In: István Vida, ed., Egyetemisták a forradalomban (University students in the revolution). Forthcoming.

1956 - Chronik einer Revolution. In Schweizer Monatshefte, 2006/02. 18–21. o.

The People of the Countryside. In 1956: The Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence,Lee Congdon, Béla K. Király and Károly Nagy (ed.) Atlantic Research and Publications, Inc., 2006. (Atlantic Studies on Society in Change, 128.)

The main provincial centres of the 1956 Revolution: Győr and Miskolc. Europe-Asia Studies, 2006.