The State Office for Church Affairs in the political work targeting the Hungarian emigration, 1951-1969

This paper focuses on the analysis of the activities of the State Office for Church Affairs in its efforts to influence Hungarian emigration and diaspora communities from the early 1950s to the end of the 1960s. The study aims to address the question of how the State Office for Church Affairs influenced the formation and implementation of diaspora policies by the Hungarian state during the Cold War era. The study reveals that the political work of the State Office for Church Affairs was a key aspect of the relations between the Hungarian emigration and their home country, strengthening the influence of the Hungarian state within the emigrant communities.