Bálint Hóman
Bálint Hóman | |
---|---|
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 27 October 1932 – 29 March 1945 | |
Constituency | Székesfehérvár |
Personal details | |
Born | People's Republic of Hungary | 29 December 1885
Political party | Party of National Unity, Party of Hungarian Life |
Profession | politician, historian |
Bálint Hóman (29 December 1885 – 2 June 1951) was a
Academic career
He was born into a
Hóman produced several serious scholarly works. The centre of his research was the history of the Hungarian nation during the
He published many essays and books together with fellow scholar Gyula Szekfű. Their most prominent work was a well-regarded Hungarian History.
According to Hóman's point of view, it was necessary in this historical analysis to consider the ancient Hungarian words, the Sumerian and Hattian–Hurrian literary monuments.
Political career
Hóman rose as part of the increasingly pro-German orientation of Hungarian politics in the 1930s. He served as Minister of Religion and Education in the cabinet of Gyula Gömbös and Kálmán Darányi. After a one-year gap he was again appointed a minister. He was the deputy chairman of the Party of National Unity beginning in 1938. In the government, he was a vocal proponent of anti-Jewish actions, and sponsored a law to revoke the status of Hungarian Jewish groups.
"He remained opposed to national socialism and did not take an oath of allegiance to Arrow Cross leader Ferenc Szálasi despite his anti-Semitic views. He is also reported to have personally intervened to save a number of Jewish intellectuals and artists from deportation in the spring and summer of 1944."[2]
He opposed the peace negotiations of 1943 with the
In 1946, the People's Tribunal sentenced Hóman to
Death and legacy
Hóman died in prison on 2 June 1951.
On 6 March 2015 Hóman was rehabilitated after a ruling by the Metropolitan Court of Budapest, which found that the original trial had inadequate evidence.[4]
A private foundation proposed building a life-size
Publications
- A magyar városok az Árpádok korában [Hungarian towns during the Árpád era] (Budapest, 1908)
- Magyar pénztörténet 1000–1325 [History of the Hungarian Currency 1000–1325] (Budapest, 1916)
- A magyar királyság pénzügyei és gazdaságpolitikája Károly Róbert korában [The finance affairs and economic policy of the Kingdom of Hungary during the reign of Charles Robert] (Budapest, 1921)
- A Szent László-kori Gesta Ungarorum és a XII–XIII. századi leszármazói [The Saint Ladislaus aged Gesta Hungarorum and its ancestors of the 12th–13th century] (Budapest, 1925)
- A magyar hun hagyomány és hun monda [The Hungarian Hunnic tradition and Hunnic legend] (Budapest, 1925)
- A forráskutatás és forráskritika története [History of the source research and source criticism] (Budapest, 1925)
- Magyar történet [Hungarian History] (1458-ig, a továbbiakat Szekfű Gyula írta; Budapest, é. n. )
- Egyetemes történet [World history] (I–IV. Szerk.: H. B., Szekfű Gyula, Kerényi Károly; Budapest, 1935–1937)
- Ősemberek – Ősmagyarok [Prehistoric men – Prehistoric Hungarians] (Atlanta, 1985)
- A történelem útja. Válogatott tanulmányok [The way of the history. Selected studies] (Vál.: Buza János; Budapest, 2002)
References
- ^ a b "Academic Genius And/Or Unpalatable Anti-Semite? - Who Was Balint Homan?". Hungary Today. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Academic Genius And/Or Unpalatable Anti-Semite? – Who Was Bálint Hóman?". 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Statue stirs ghosts of Hungary's pro-Nazi past". Financial Times/FT.com. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Felmentették Hóman Bálintot a háborús bűntett vádja alól". Magyar Nemzet Online. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "US joins Hungary protest over pro-Nazi Homan statue". BBC News. 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Hungary 'anti-Semitic' statue plan sparks protests". Hungary Today. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Hungarian City Scraps Statue for Pro-Nazi Politician, MTI Says". Bloomberg Business. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.