# Hungary opens communist-era informer files in belated reckoning with Cold War past

https://mins.news/en/item/128877

- Reuters, 2026-11-04 10:50 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-opens-communist-era-informer-files-belated-reckoning-with-cold-war-past-2026-11-04/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aeb0de2a8565500013efeb4

> Hungary put tens of thousands of communist-era secret police files online on Wednesday, exposing the extensive informer network used to spy on citizens during decades of one-party rule.

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