Seeking Freedom and Justice for Hungary: John Madl-Miké (1905-1981), the Kolping Movement, and the Years in Exile, Volume 1, Hungary and Germany (1905-1949)

Seeking Freedom and Justice for Hungary is the story of the vigorous Catholic worker movement developed in Hungary after the devastations of World War I, unique in the history of twentieth-century Europe. It emerged from the revival of the institution founded by Adolph Kolping, a contemporary of Karl Marx in Germany, to seek a Christian solution to the worker crisis brought on by the Industrial Revolution. The Hungarian plan envisioned a strong middle class of independent entrepreneurs and ...