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‘They needed some styling, shortening and editing’: The Impact of Editing in Gábor Sztehlo’s Memoir of Holocaust Rescue

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: In 1984, the Hungarian Evangelical Church Press posthumously published the Hungarian-language memoir of Gábor Sztehlo, a Lutheran pastor credited with saving hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust. Uncovered in the archives, the memoir’s original manuscript was recently published by Gergely Kunt. This article compares the original and published texts to reveal the significant differences between them. Recognising which topics were deliberately omitted and altered from the published version reveals how attitudes at the time sought to tell a certain history: one that was politically expedient in a communist country and acceptable to the Church authorities who supported its publication.

Source: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

DOI: 10.1017/s008044012610070x

Author: Barnabas Balint

Institution: University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,550

OpenAlex ID: W7156685945