# Hungary opens communist-era secret police files naming informants

https://mins.news/en/item/129018

- DW, 2026-11-04 12:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-opens-communist-era-secret-police-files-identifying-informants/a-79853492?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Hungary has made thousands of communist-era secret police records public in a searchable database, revealing about 60,000 names of people who worked as informants. Prime Minister Peter Magyar said families may encounter difficult information about deceased relatives. Another batch of records is expected by February.

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