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Hungary releases communist-era secret police files

Hungary released a searchable database of communist-era state security files, revealing 50,000 to 60,000 people recorded as informants and collaborators. The files expose the socialist regime’s informant network, 70 years after the Soviet Union crushed the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Critics say the files are incomplete and the release risks division and unnecessary anguish.

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