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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: area23 on 03 November 2011, 09:26:39 PM

Title: Bela Lugosi and the Council Republic of Hungary
Post by: area23 on 03 November 2011, 09:26:39 PM

A question to all scholars and well informed gentlemen (m/f) on this board:
I made a trip to Budapest the other day, and read in the tourist guide that Bela 'Dracula' Lugosi was the minister of culture in Bela Kun's short-lived council-communist republic. I can't find any serious info on the matter though, apart that he was an officer in the Hungarian army during WW1.

Is this an urban myth? maybe invented by tourist offices or the Hip-Guide to Nowhere?

More inportantly, how did Bela Kun's forces dress? Austro-Hungarian uniforms with red armbands?
Did they have officers with typical silly hats? Does anyone know any websites on the matter?
Unfortunaly all the museums were closed for two days when I was there...

Title: Re: Bela Lugosi and the Council Republic of Hungary
Post by: Arlequín on 03 November 2011, 10:51:10 PM

Apparently he was briefly the Minister for Culture for Hungary, due to his prominent position in the Actor's Union. I can't help with the rest however.

Title: Re: Bela Lugosi and the Council Republic of Hungary
Post by: paul c on 05 November 2011, 05:12:26 PM

The founder of Airfix has some position in Bela Kun's govt I seem to remember.

Title: Re: Bela Lugosi and the Council Republic of Hungary
Post by: area23 on 06 November 2011, 11:06:25 AM

I'm quite amazed there's hardly any online-info on this.

Title: Re: Bela Lugosi and the Council Republic of Hungary
Post by: itchy on 06 November 2011, 12:21:55 PM

theres a little bit on the Bela Lugosi web site which is by his son and is very biased and stretches the truth in certain areas .
http://www.lugosi.com/biography.html