DictaTour - History of Hungarian Dictatorships

The threat of dictatorship has become a widespread fear in several countries. But how do dictatorships work, and more importantly, how can one survive in a dictatorship? Unfortunately, Hungarian history is rich in such experiences. On our historical walk, we will discuss five different periods of Hungarian history in the past 200 years when the population had to endure some form of dictatorial regime. We'll visit venues associated with each dictatorial regime and, finally, sit down for a beverage in a goulash Communism-style café (OPTIONAL!) where we can delve into major themes connected to the practice of dictatorships: - definition of dictatorship - foreign occupation and local dictatorship - collaborators in maintaining the regime - personal cult of dictators - propaganda and the language of dictatorships - victims of dictatorships - censorship - strategies of survival - passive and forms of resistance - personal stories - emigrants - peaceful or violent end of dictatorships