THE HUNGARIAN SECRET POLICE

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1. The Secret Police of Hungary

2. AFTER THE WORLD WAR II.

3. THE STATE SECURITY OFFICE The State Security Office (ÁVH) was set up in September 1948 Its keyword was the fight against ’ reactionary elements ’ It functioned as the ‘fist of the working class ’

4. Its headquarters were in the house that had been the 'House of Loyalty ‘ earlier . It is located at Andrássy Avenue 60 in Budapest at present days

5. Later it moved to the tower block popularly known as the 'White House'.

6. THE ÁVH not only security police the ‘ Green ÁVO’( the Army Border Guard ) military intelligence

7. WHAT DID ÁVH DO? played an important part in preparing and executing show trials .

8. ÁVH protected the detention camps , the Gulags like Recsk.

9. The Hungarian Secret Police o rganized interrogations

10. TYPES OF TORTURE moral and physical brutality interrogations during the night t he prisoners were not allowed to sleep or even to sit down for days no food , no drink for days

11. The ÁVH soldiers g uarded the prison of state criminals

12. THE PRISON The cellars formed a labyrinth The prisoners were separated from each other Death row

13. THE PRISONERS’ LIFE Hunger Horrible cold Lack of sleep Hands and feet were bound   Electricity shocks No clean underwear No shower

14. THE FINAL DAYS OF ÁVH In 1956 ÁVH units and officers fought against the rebels alongside the Soviet troops

15. The anger of people turned against the officers and soldiers of ÁVO They lynched the 'ÁVO' men

16. THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION OF 1956 one of the main demands of the revolution was the breaking up of ÁVO Imre Nagy’s government achieved this the Kádár government confirmed it the members continued to work for the S tate S ecurity D epartment of the police until 1 961.

17. THE VICTIMS…