COUNT JANOS ESTERHAZY

COUNT JANOS ESTERHAZY

THE LIFE AND WORKS
OF THE GREAT SON
OF THE HUNGARIAN HIGHLAND

Lessons to be drawn
from the events of a stormy period in European history,
to facilitate the efforts for the achievement
of a lasting and peaceful cooperation
among the peoples of the Danubian basin

by
Dr. Gabor Szent-Ivany

Published by
DANUBIAN PRESS, INC.
Astor, Florida 32102 U.S.A.

In cooperation with the
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF HUNGARIANS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Little Library, Volume No.2

Translated from the Hungarian original
by Laszlo Dosa

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 89-81318
ISBN: 0-879344)34-7

"Let us develop a peaceful and constructive cooperation, based on equal rights, among the peoples and nations which mutually depend on each other. This is equally in the interest of the Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks and Ruthenians who have lived here for centuries."

From an address by Janos Esterhazy before the Central Committee of the Hungarian Party, June 22, 1942.

Dedicated to the blessed memory
of my beloved wife
Eva Balajthy

Acknowledgments

1 wish to extend my grateful thanks to all who have assisted, in one form or another, in the preparation of this work. Above all, The Reverend Kristof Hites; to Baroness Malfatti, nee Countess Alice Esterhazy and her brother, Count Janos Esterhazy, Jr., for their kindness in providing documents pertaining to this work from the legacy of the late Countess Louise Esterhazy, sister of their late father, Count Janos Esterhazy; Professor Edward Chaszar, Ph.D. and Professor Karoly Vojatsek. Also, Karoly Berenyi, Karoly Esterhazy and Dr. Peter Simek; Countess lstvan Karolyi in Washington and Leslie Balas of the Library of Congress. I also wish to thank Laszlo Dosa for the editing, translating and typesetting of this book, and Pal Takacs for designing its cover. And last, but not least, I am much indebted to Francis S. Wagner who kindly undertook the task of reading the entire manuscript with the eyes of an expert in the problems of the Danubian Basin.

COUNT JANOS ESTERHAZY