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The Institute for the Research of Communism and the South Korean Institute for National Security Strategy signed a bilateral agreement on Thursday. The application for the scholarship program, starting during the course of spring 2025, will be opened for South Korean and Hungarian professionals.

At a seminar in Riga, dedicated to Otto von Habsburg, Rajmund Fekete, director of the Institute for the Research of Communism, highlighted that the tempting tale of communism was easier to believe in the West as in regions that were once part of the „story”. He added that Nazism was thrown at the stinking dump of history yet in the Western world communism – that has more than 100 million victims – is still considered to be a legitimate ideology. Rajmund Fekete emphasized that future generations need to learn about the real nature and operation of the red dictatorship in which very mission the House of Terror Museum has an outstanding role.

1956 is one of the greatest Hungarian celebrations: it was and remains so – said Rajmund Fekete historian, director of the Institute for the Research of Communism in an interview for the Hungarian News Agency on Thursday on the occasion of the anniversary of the ‘56 Revolution and Freedom Fight.

Communism, the communist idea, was based on the most ignoble instincts of the people, said the Director General of the House of Terror Museum and the Institute for the Research of Communism at the award ceremony of the video competition named after the temporary exhibition "It takes a great ideal to produce a great crime!" in Budapest on Monday.

The Central and Eastern European region is unique, because it has experienced both totalitarian dictatorships.

An international conference was held with the participation of the Institute for the Research of Communism at the Hungarian Embassy in Tirana on Friday, where the focus of the discussions was on the dictatorial measures of the Central and Eastern European socialist regimes, historian Rajmund Fekete, director of the Institution, told MTI on Friday by telephone.

Back to the past? Tito Nostalgia in Slovenia was the topic of a lecture by historian Jože Dežman, head of the Commission of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Concealed Mass Graves, at an event organized by the Institute for the Research of Communism. The event was opened by Mária Schmidt, Director General of the House of Terror Museum: "Tito was a tried and tested comrade of the Soviet secret service, who made the world believe that he was at the head of an 'open' state and built up a false nimbus about himself that must be abolished once and for all. Historian Jože Dežman compared the communist dictatorship to the Chernobyl explosion, the effects of which are still being experienced today.

On the occasion of the launch of the book by the distinguished sociologist Paul Hollander, Mária Schmidt, Széchenyi Prize-winning historian and Director General of the House of Terror Museum, said that although the first chapter of the book was written more than fifty years ago, it is still highly relevant today, as Western intellectuals are blind to the crimes of communism and refuse to acknowledge them. Rajmund Fekete, Director of the Institute for the Study of Communism, pointed out that communism has not only not been thrown into the dump of history, but has become a legitimate ideology in the West, therefore it is clear that communism is not dead.

We need this Memorial Day, The Memorial Day for the Victims of Communism, because we need to declare the truth. Every year, over and over again, we need to declare what a tragedy the communist dictatorship meant for our country, what human dramas took place during its inhuman rule. This is what we must teach our descendants, this is what we must commemorate every 25 February. These were the words of Mária Schmidt, Széchenyi Prize-winning historian and Director General of the House of Terror Museum, at a commemoration ceremony on the Memorial Day for the Victims of Communism. Deputy Minister Bence Rétvári, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, pointed out that most of the victims of communism were those in whose name the communists exercised their power.

The Institute for the Research of Communism submitted entries in the non-profit and education categories for Hungary's largest digital marketing communications competition. The Institute's completely renewed website won a quality award in the non-profit category and a special prize in the education category.

Kyudok Hong, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Budapest, delivered a presentation entitled "Relentless Revolution" at the latest event of the Institute for the Research of Communism. According to the former South Korean Deputy Defence Minister, Hungary and Hungarians set an example for Seoul in the fight against the communist dictatorship. The professor emeritus argued that North Korea must stop its missile tests without delay; an immediate ceasefire is essential in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, in which communist Korea is supporting Moscow with arms. The ambassador considers the House of Terror Museum a bastion for freedom fighters.

Kyudok Hong, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Budapest, delivered a presentation entitled "Relentless Revolution" at the latest event of the Institute for the Research of Communism. According to the former South Korean Deputy Defence Minister, Hungary and Hungarians set an example for Seoul in the fight against the communist dictatorship. The professor emeritus argued that North Korea must stop its missile tests without delay; an immediate ceasefire is essential in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, in which communist Korea is supporting Moscow with arms. The ambassador considers the House of Terror Museum a bastion for freedom fighters.

On the 100th anniversary of Lenin's death, the Nézőpont Institute and the Institute for the Research of Communism jointly conducted a public opinion poll on the communist leader and communism. This revealed that the majority of Hungarians (52 percent) consider Lenin to be responsible for mass murders, and three quarters (76 percent) disagree with the erection in Western Europe of statues of communist dictators.

The Yugoslav media closely followed the events in Hungary in October and November 1956 - an article by Tomaž Ivešić, Director of the Study Centre for National Reconciliation, originally published in Hungarian on Látószög blog.