State Protection Authority (ÁVH)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/State_Protection_Authority_(ÁVH)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf secret police agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ÁVH
gptkbp:activeYears 1945–1956
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:country gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:dissolved 1956
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Budapest
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label State Protection Authority (ÁVH)
gptkbp:language Hungarian
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Államvédelmi_Hatóság
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:political_repression
surveillance
torture
arbitrary detention
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Gábor_Péter
gptkb:László_Piros
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Hungarian_Working_People's_Party
gptkb:Ministry_of_Interior_(Hungary)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:State_Protection_Department_(ÁVO)
gptkbp:role counterintelligence
internal security
political policing
enforcing communist rule
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hungarian_State_Security
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Recsk_labor_camp
gptkb:headquarters_of_the_State_Protection_Authority_(ÁVH)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7