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The last internees were set free in 1953{{r|munkataborok.hu_Recsk_7}}, with the obligation of reporting at the police station nearest to their permanent residence where most of them were placed under police surveillance. At the same time, some persons were prohibited from returning their former place of residence. {{r|munkataborok.hu_Recsk_7}}
The last internees were set free in 1953{{r|munkataborok.hu_Recsk_7}}, with the obligation of reporting at the police station nearest to their permanent residence where most of them were placed under police surveillance. At the same time, some persons were prohibited from returning their former place of residence. {{r|munkataborok.hu_Recsk_7}}


All former inmates were forced to sign a statement of secrecy on their release, acknowledging that all "news and data" about the camp constitutes "state secret" and telling anything about their detention is punishable with up to 10 years in prison, in case their action is "not classified as a more serious offence".{{r|recsk_release}}





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Barracks of the inmates

Recsk forced labor camp was a forced labor camp in the communist era[1][2][3] in Ungarn operated by the State Protection Authority (ÁVH) between October 1950[2] and the fall of 1953[1][4][5], near the quarry of the Csákány-kő[6] hill, next to the village of Recsk in Heves county. It is the most infamous of the approximately 100 communist era internment[7] and labor camps of various sizes[8] in Hungary. The "Hungarian Gulag"[9]


Standort

The camp is located in the county of Heves, 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) southwest of the center of the village of Recsk, near the quarry of the Mátra Csákánykő hill, at an altitude of 400 meters (1312 feet) above sea level (47°54′18.61″N 20°5′37.24″E / 47.9051694°N 20.0936778°E / 47.9051694; 20.0936778). The quarry is 600 meters (approx 0.4 mile) south of the camp (47°54′3.54″N 20°5′35″E / 47.9009833°N 20.09306°E / 47.9009833; 20.09306).

History

Guard tower of the camp

The camp was organized according to the model of the Soviet Gulags.[10]

About 1,300 – 1,700 prisoners[2] were brought here without any court verdict.[6]

The internees were forced work in the quarry under minimal living conditions.[2] The prisoners were often punished with bestial cruelty, tortured and starved.[11] There were prisoners from all walks of life in the camp, and everyone had their own story of why they were detained[6].

The last internees were set free in 1953[12], with the obligation of reporting at the police station nearest to their permanent residence where most of them were placed under police surveillance. At the same time, some persons were prohibited from returning their former place of residence. [12]

All former inmates were forced to sign a statement of secrecy on their release, acknowledging that all "news and data" about the camp constitutes "state secret" and telling anything about their detention is punishable with up to 10 years in prison, in case their action is "not classified as a more serious offence".[13]


Images

Recsk forced labour camp memorial
Exhibition inside the museum

References

  1. ^ a b Recsk 1950-1953: The Story Of A Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary. 1988.
  2. ^ a b c d munkataborok.hu / Recsk 1
  3. ^ https://erzsebetparkhotel.hu/en/recsk-memorial-park
  4. ^ munkataborok.hu / Recsk 6
  5. ^ https://www.panadea.com/en/travel-guide-guidebook/europe/hungary/northern-hungary/matra-mountains/recsk/photo-gallery/gal-001
  6. ^ a b c munkataborok.hu / Recsk 4
  7. ^ https://www.terrorhaza.hu/en/allando-kiallitas/basement/internment
  8. ^ https://neb.hu/en/the-hungarian-gulag-exhibition-in-kapolnasnyek-describes-the-world-of-forced-lab
  9. ^ https://hungarytoday.hu/victims-of-communism-the-nightmarish-forced-labor-camp-recsk-the-hungarian-gulag/
  10. ^ https://neb.hu/en/the-hungarian-gulag-exhibition-in-kapolnasnyek-describes-the-world-of-forced-lab
  11. ^ munkataborok.hu / Recsk 2
  12. ^ a b munkataborok.hu / Recsk 7
  13. ^ https://munkataborok.hu/sites/default/files/kepek/taborok/recsk/recsk_7_12_1024.jpg

Additional sources

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