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Title: Hugó Sónyi papers
Date (inclusive): 1931-1981
Collection Number: 2012C45
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Hungarian
Physical Description:
10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(4.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, registers, and printed matter, relating mainly to post-World War II Hungarian émigré affairs, and
especially to Hungarians in Germany.
Creator:
Sónyi, Hugó, 1883-1958
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2012.
[Identification of item], Hugó Sónyi papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
A colonel general in the Hungarian army, Sónyi commanded the Hungarian armed forces from September 1936 to March 1940. From
1945 until his death in 1958 he lived in exile in West Germany. The important achievement of Sónyi's exile years was reestablishment
in 1953 of the Hungarian order of merit known as Vitéz, or Vitézi Rend in Hungarian. The Order of Vitéz, founded in 1678,
revived in 1920, and abolished by the Soviet-imposed Communist government of Hungary in 1946, had been an important symbol
of Hungary's historic commitment to independence and territorial integrity.
Scope and Content of Collection
Sónyi's papers contain materials documenting the Hungarian community in Germany, especially that in the former British Zone.
The collection includes material on social and political issues, as well some émigré press titles, but the bulk consists of
correspondence, mostly from former officers and soldiers. Among those are letters to and from Admiral Miklos Horthy, Archduke
Joseph August von Habsburg, and other monarchist and legitimist émigrés.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
Hungary -- Emigration and immigration
Hungarians -- Germany
Hungary. Honvédség