Collection of Ordass Lajos

This ad-hoc collection, located in two archives in Budapest, includes archival materials about Lajos Ordass, the bishop of the biggest evangelical church district in Hungary (1945-1948). The communist leaders stigmatized him as the “leader of the evangelical resistance.” After having spent years in prison, Ordass lived isolated from other church leaders, and his writings were prohibited. In this context, simply collecting his legacy constituted a form of opposition to the dictatorship.

此即兴编纂的资料集，坐落于布达佩斯的两处档案馆中，收录了关于匈牙利最大福音派教会区主教拉约什·奥达斯（1945-1948年）的档案材料。共产主义领导层将其诋毁为“福音派抵抗运动的领导者”。在狱中度过了数年后，奥达斯与教会其他领袖隔绝生活，其著作亦被禁止。在此背景下，仅仅收集其遗留下来的文献即成为对独裁统治的一种反抗形式。