Abstract
During the Second World War, and in the early post-war period, approximately 600,000 Hungarian citizens were captured by the victorious Soviet army. About one-third of these prisoners perished in the Soviet camps. In October 1993, a huge marble cross resembling a deformed tortured man was erected in Budapest in memory of the victims, and commemorations have taken place at the site every year since then. The invitation card for these meetings speaks about commemoration of the victims of the “Soviet Holocaust.” Some survivors also use the term “genocide” in referring to the tragic fate of the Hungarians in Soviet camps. Although “genocide studies” is still a nonexistent academic subject in Hungary, some historians have addressed the topic, drawing parallels between the Nazi and the Stalinist forms of evil. The Hungarian gulag expert Miklos Fuzesi writes:
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