War and Revolution

The First World War ended in 1918 - everywhere except Hungary, where the fighting continued and where war and economic collapse created a revolutionary situation.

In spite of its small size, the Hungarian Anarchist movement played a significant part in opposing the blood and slaughter of the First World War. Working with Marxists and Left Communists they kick-started a revolution that culminated in the formation of the Budapest Commune, but were unprepared for Bolshevism, and were among the first victims of the White Terror.