On a whimsical note: I love the pen and pencil holding hands under the photo of Opapa in the newspaper article!!
Did you Google translate the article? I'm tickled by some of the phrasing. Are you able to link to the original article, or is there a paywall/registration barrier?
Great suggestion from Sean to have a "Nuts to Crack" section! I'm sure I will have some to add!
And yes, that was an awkward Google translate lol. I'm going to send the article to my Hungarian translator also, but I got too excited when I found it this morning and couldn't wait to post about it.
There is a paywall for the Arcanum site, but I downloaded the article and can send it to you. But you might want to spring for the Arcanum subscription -- it's a goldmine for research and I think it was just 35 euros or so.
I love watching those old newsreels! Could easily get sucked in and end up watching for hours...
Slightly disappointed that Opapa wasn't on film. Looks like the video is from a different "shipment" than in Opapa's photos. I don't recognize anyone from the film in his photos. But it looks like the same plane (same 'J4' and markings, but maybe those are on all US army planes!).
I know, I kept looking and looking for him! I did see George Greenville in one of them.
I think it is the same plane. I read somewhere (now I can't remember where) that they did shipments of war prisoners every two weeks for much of the fall 1945. I think Opapa was traveling back and forth for at least some of them.
I was just going through old e-mails and re-read this post. ...
Unbelievable -
"I sent one of my men to the infamous Gestapo chief, who visited him as a representative of Otto the heir to the throne. He said that his majesty had secretly come to Salzburg to negotiate the resumption of the throne and wanted to win the services of the excellent master detective and determined bodyguard. Mr. Hain pulled on his ironed trousers…and ran to the given address — straight into our arms."
How could Peter Hain be so gullible? In what world would the victors in the 2nd World War give back land taken from one of the losing countries, that had been taken from that country after they lost the 1st World War?
Katie, it is amazing you found this newspaper article. I love George's statement: "We will catch them and arrest everyone who has a part in the destruction of the country. " I wish I knew more about how Hungary disappeared behind the Iron Curtain after the war - Hungarians must have had so much hope for the future in late1945.
Thanks Andrew! And me too. I'm going to be doing a lot of research on Hungary during the Cold War once I get into the 1950s. I know it was a very stressful time for my grandparents, and they weren't able to travel to Budapest for a while.
On a whimsical note: I love the pen and pencil holding hands under the photo of Opapa in the newspaper article!!
Did you Google translate the article? I'm tickled by some of the phrasing. Are you able to link to the original article, or is there a paywall/registration barrier?
Great suggestion from Sean to have a "Nuts to Crack" section! I'm sure I will have some to add!
I love that little doodle also :)
And yes, that was an awkward Google translate lol. I'm going to send the article to my Hungarian translator also, but I got too excited when I found it this morning and couldn't wait to post about it.
There is a paywall for the Arcanum site, but I downloaded the article and can send it to you. But you might want to spring for the Arcanum subscription -- it's a goldmine for research and I think it was just 35 euros or so.
I love watching those old newsreels! Could easily get sucked in and end up watching for hours...
Slightly disappointed that Opapa wasn't on film. Looks like the video is from a different "shipment" than in Opapa's photos. I don't recognize anyone from the film in his photos. But it looks like the same plane (same 'J4' and markings, but maybe those are on all US army planes!).
I know, I kept looking and looking for him! I did see George Greenville in one of them.
I think it is the same plane. I read somewhere (now I can't remember where) that they did shipments of war prisoners every two weeks for much of the fall 1945. I think Opapa was traveling back and forth for at least some of them.
I was just going through old e-mails and re-read this post. ...
Unbelievable -
"I sent one of my men to the infamous Gestapo chief, who visited him as a representative of Otto the heir to the throne. He said that his majesty had secretly come to Salzburg to negotiate the resumption of the throne and wanted to win the services of the excellent master detective and determined bodyguard. Mr. Hain pulled on his ironed trousers…and ran to the given address — straight into our arms."
How could Peter Hain be so gullible? In what world would the victors in the 2nd World War give back land taken from one of the losing countries, that had been taken from that country after they lost the 1st World War?
I know!! It's such a crazy story.
Very interesting. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole after typing in one of Hungarian Fascists you mentioned - Peter Haine (sp?) and read this article
https://journals.openedition.org/temoigner/998
(Huh, no link but you can find it). Pretty depressing.
Oof yeah that is dark. Amazing that Opapa could keep a sense of humor arresting him.
Katie, it is amazing you found this newspaper article. I love George's statement: "We will catch them and arrest everyone who has a part in the destruction of the country. " I wish I knew more about how Hungary disappeared behind the Iron Curtain after the war - Hungarians must have had so much hope for the future in late1945.
Thanks Andrew! And me too. I'm going to be doing a lot of research on Hungary during the Cold War once I get into the 1950s. I know it was a very stressful time for my grandparents, and they weren't able to travel to Budapest for a while.