Open AccessResearch Questions and Methodological Approaches in the Literature on the History of the German Minority in Hungary between 1945 and 1955
Author(s) -
Ágnes Tóth
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rocznik polsko-niemiecki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-0345
pISSN - 1230-4360
DOI - 10.35757/rpn.2020.28.13
Subject(s) - german , positivism , comparative historical research , event (particle physics) , period (music) , social science , history , epistemology , sociology , political science , law , aesthetics , philosophy , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
In my study, I summarise the content issues, methodological approaches and the most important results of the historical literature dealing with the history of the German minority in Hungary during the decade after the Second World War. It can be said that the historical research on the expulsion of Germans from Hungary up to 1990, the change of regime, was characterised by a positivist, descriptive, event-centric approach. The questions of this research were basically organised by the outcome of Potsdam and how this related to Hungary. In connection with both the content and methodological issues, I will touch on – in my opinion – the missing aspects, the possibility of more complex research approaches.