Szocializmus, erdélyiség, nacionalista vádak – Jordáky Lajos (1913–1974) élete
Socialism, Transylvanian Identity, and Nationalist Accusations: The Life of Lajos Jordáky (1913–1974)

Summary/Abstract: Lajos Jordáky, a former social-democratic and later communist politician, was regarded as a man with a dual identity: a dogmatic socialist and a Hungarian patriot from Transylvania. He joined the Communist Party of Romania in October 1944, but by 1946, he was expelled, accused of deviating from the official line and Hungarian nationalism. In 1952, he was arrested, tried, and sentenced to 12 years in prison for high treason. He was released in 1955, but was arrested again in 1957, accused of collaborating in the case of István Dobai’s Memorandum. After six months of criminal investigation, Jordáky accepted the role offered by the authorities: he performed self-criticism, condemned the 1956 events in Budapest, and admitted to being a Hungarian nationalist. Gradually, his views shifted, adapting to the party’s official narrative. By the end of his life, he believed that the nationalist and retrograde tendencies within Hungarian cultural life in Romania could only be countered from an official position. Consequently, in 1972, he rejoined the ranks of the Romanian Communist Party.

• Details
• Contents