Short History of the Hungarian Communist Party

In spite of its small size the Hungarian Communist party (HCP) founded in the fall of 1918 has played an important role both in Hungary's national history and in the international communist movement. Hungary which was the only soviet republic other than the ephemeral Bavarian soviet republic to exist outside the USSR lasted five months during the critical period of the Paris Peace Conference. The veterans of the Hungarian soviet republic like Bela Kun Georg Lukacs and Eugen Varga later held impo...See More