Hungarian State Security Police (ÁVH)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb: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
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hungarian State Security Police (ÁVH)