1 Reply Latest reply on Mar 4, 2020 3:21 PM by Rebecca Collier

Seeking archived records of Hungarian Radio Programs

Joshoá Vlarth Feb 27, 2020 4:38 AM

Hi, I'm wondering if there's any archived records of some formerly broadcasted Sound plays of the Hungarian Radio from 1935. I'm searching for Shakespeare plays like Romeo and Juliet in Hungarian or the broadcasted music parts with introduction of Midsummer Night's Dream from the Max Reinhardt movie. However, this might be a dead-end, because -- as far as I know -- these records were collected only in the Hungarian Radio Archives, which could have been lost at WWII during the Siege of Budapest, but hopefully some of them were saved abroad. Many thanks for any kind of responds!

Re: Seeking archived records of Hungarian Radio Programs

Rebecca Collier Mar 4, 2020 3:21 PM (in response to Joshoá Vlarth)

Dear Mr. Vlarth,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the U.S. Information Service, Budapest, Hungary Subject Files, 1945 - 1948 in the Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State (Record Group 84) includes 15 file units that may include information about the broadcasts you seek. We also located the Office of Eastern European Affairs series titled Records Relating to Hungary, 1941 - 1977 in the General Records of the Department of State (Record Group 59) that includes a file unit titled Hungarian Legation Radio Transmitter. For access to and/or copies of these file units, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

In addition, the Arkivmusic website and the Hungarian Cultural Heritage Portal may be of interest.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

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