Installed on October 31, 1918, the new government in Budapest led by Count Mihály Károlyi had as its main objective the preservation of Hungary’s territorial integrity, as the defeat of Austro-Hungary in the First World War and the collapse of the Dual Monarchy was...
The convinced pacifist, Count Mihály Károlyi, was one of the few Hungarians who opposed the First World War as a member of the Parliament in Budapest. Marginalized in his own country, even by the party which he led, considered a “traitor” by many compatriots, Károlyi,...
