Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe - Hardcover

by Péter Apor (Editor), Sándor Horváth (Editor), James Mark (Editor)

'Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe' examines the ways in which post-Communist societies have sought to make sense of Communist-era collaboration. It explores the motivations for becoming an agent and the moralities of this role, as well as the personal decisions and social consequences involved in this process.

Author Biography

Péter Apor (PhD), a permanent research fellow at the Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, is a specialist in the social and cultural history of East-Central European countries after World War II.

Sándor Horváth (PhD), a permanent research fellow and the head of department for Contemporary History at the Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, is the founding editor of the Hungarian Historical Review.

James Mark (PhD) is professor of history at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.