"Prof. Pók's book, written with a real literary talent, systematizes a huge historical bibliography, and also clarifies key issues for the history of Hungary and provides answers for the past of the Central Europe." Florin Abraham, Member of the Board of the Romanian National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives "Excellent, captivating and uncompromising book about us and our past, one of the most significant restatements of our thinking... The essays challenge our views and stereotypes and they are a pleasure to read. If any work has a chance to correct the distortions of our memory, this is it." Roman Holec, senior researcher of the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Tartalomjegyzék: Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction I. WANTING THE PAST The Memory of Communism in Eastern and Central Europe Shaping Communist and Post-Communist Identities: History and Memory Historical Scholarship in Hungary 1945-2016 II. KNOWING THE PAST Radical Democratic Criticism of the Dualist Austro-Hungarian Monarchy - Seen from Today Lajos Kossuth and Early 20th Century Hungarian Progressists Principal Trends of Interpreting the First World War Hungary - a Traumatized State and Nation Hitler Meets Horthy: Six Encounters that Shook Hungary Ira populi: Targets of Popular Hatred and Scapegoats in Hungary 1944 - 1956 The Year 1956 - A Watershed in Central European History III. CHANGING THE PAST Marxism in Post-Communist East-Central European Historical Writing Symbolic Geography: The Politics of Writing European History in East-Central Europe The Holocaust and the Search for Scapegoats in Post - 1989 Hungary The Genesis of Anti-Communism in Hungary Mitteleuropa (1915-2004) Conclusion: The Challenge of European History Name and Place Index