Hungarian State Security Police (ÁVH)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hungarian_State_Security_Police_(ÁVH)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf secret police agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ÁVH
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:country gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:dissolved 1956
gptkbp:formed 1945
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Budapest
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hungarian State Security Police (ÁVH)
gptkbp:language Hungarian
gptkbp:mainActivity counterintelligence
internal security
political policing
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Államvédelmi_Hatóság
gptkbp:notableEvent purges of political opponents
arrests and executions of dissidents
participation in suppression of 1956 Hungarian Revolution
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:political_repression
torture
show trials
role in 1956 Hungarian Revolution
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Gábor_Péter
gptkb:László_Piros
gptkbp:operationalPeriod 1945–1956
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Hungarian_Communist_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:State_Protection_Department_(ÁVO)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hungarian_Ministry_of_Interior
gptkbp:type gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:storming_of_the_Hungarian_Radio
gptkb:1956_Budapest_Uprising
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6