A H. E. eltávolításáért küzdő akcióbizottság
Action Committee to Remove E. H.

Summary/Abstract: Ede Horváth became a household name in December 1949 during the Stakhanovite productivity competition organised to honour Stalin’s 70th birthday. The Stakhanovite turner was awarded the prestigious Kossuth Award and was first appointed as the director of the Győr Machine-Tool Factory in the autumn of 1951. Later, in the spring of 1963, he was also promoted to chief executive officer of the Hungarian Rail Carriage and Tool Factory and both factories were overseen by him until their eventual merger on 1 January 1964. While the “red baron’s leadership skills and the factories” economic result was never a matter of contention, his aggressive personality, raw manners, uncouth style and idiosyncratic personnel policy have turned many against him. The fact that he occasionally used unacceptable language and tone with his subordinates did not improve his reputation. The study focuses on three failed attempts to remove, or at least discipline, him in the first half of the 1960s, which were initiated by his co-workers often risking personal repercussions. The organisers of two of these attempts have been identified, while the third case went cold despite police efforts and remains shrouded in mystery to this day.

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