https://www.coldwarbudapest.com/home daily 1.0 2020-08-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c585fa2104c7b926f1bf436/1549304164940/_MG_8798.jpg Home - cold war experience Zigzag across the city and learn how the Hungarian secret police tried to honeytrap, blackmail, and compromise Western diplomats and their Hungarian contacts during the dark days of Communism. Feel the history that’s still with us behind the renovated façades and trendy shop windows. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c585b51a4222f53ddfc7dc1/1549299742343/K-1400_309_005.jpg Home - Eyewitness accounts and surveillance dossiers Our tour is based on several years of private research in the Hungarian State Security Archives and conducting numerous interviews with eyewitnesses and survivors. You will hear about real people, flesh and blood, with a name, a picture, with their own flaws and virtues, caught up in history. “Mary” complained to me that she feels like a prisoner in Hungary, and that she has recurring nightmares at night: she has to flee from somewhere but she can’t“ - excerpt from an AVO agent’s report on her “lover”, the honey-trapped secretary of the U.S. Chief of Mission. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c585e3871c10b51606e35a9/1549295189067/PICT0001.JPG Home - spies & masters A COLD WAR WALKING TOUR IN BUDAPEST https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c5869149b747a722a6a3a4a/1549304142217/20151004144934_03.jpg Home - A story you will never forget The sinister days of everyday life behind the Iron Curtain will come to life as we tell you about the surveillance methods and terror tactics of the secret police, and how the Americans were gathering intelligence despite of that. We’ll show you secret and less secret locations where spies, agents, and diplomats lived, met and conspired, fighting the Cold War in their own way. The story is supported by a huge collection of exclusive photographs taken by the diplomats, and also AVO surveillance photos to show on each location. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c585885e5e5f07d5d3627d6/1549304184618/15450011.JPG Home - real stories about real people We will uncover the fate of Hungarians – agents, dissidents, embassy and household employees, social and other contacts of the American diplomats – who got caught up in this specific front line of the Cold War and often paid a heavy price. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c588dd1f9619ab5d960b45a/1549307352897/poster+small.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4b2e23aa4a99948b23ec10/1548430908225/_MG_8885.jpg Home We will visit some places with great Cold War significance not even Budapest locals are slightly aware of 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U.S. Consul in Budapest, the faces of the Communist AVO officers who secretly plotted against him during his tour of duty in Hungary between 1952 - 1956 as a U.S. diplomat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4ece230ebbe8fdff9239a4/1548672329676/_MG_8807.jpg Home - Sightseeing and Espionage What a pleasure to tour the Budapest espionage hot spots with knowledgeable and personable Ivan ! This tour is part sightseeing, part walking, part history and a whole heap of espionage. We enjoyed learning about the history and looking at Ivan's personal archives over a short beer break near the American Embassy. Fascinating stories! — Diane, Vancouver, BC, Canada https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4ed232352f531fd28488c4/1548669511500/_MG_8908.jpg Home - Our highlight of Budapest We had the good luck to take Ivan's tour yesterday and it's been the highlight of our Budapest stay. Ivan is a mine of information, full of interesting spy stories and anecdotes that you won't hear anywhere else. He's also very personable and charming and made the tour most interesting. I highly recommend taking his tour if you get the opportunity. Thank you Ivan! Elisabeth, France https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4edba8b8a04550fea6ade0/1548671948004/_MG_8798.jpg Home - Everyone should hear this! This is not just a tour for foreigners but every Hungarian should hear this story!! Ivan doesn't just know the story and the history of the Cold War period but what makes this tour so interesting is that he knows the stories of the individuals that made the history!! This is a fascinating trip and not just the best thing we did in Budapest but one of the best things I have done on any holiday!! Chris, Ireland https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4ed945bba22374afbe455d/1548672162503/_MG_8885.jpg Home - An absolute expert Ivan is not only an absolute expert on the subject.. he's also a great guy! Everything you ever wanted to know on the Cold War and MORE! Pictures and personal stories make you live this from the inside. We highly recommend. — Betty, Toulouse, France https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c49eb60352f534aa648bf0e/1548348264736/20180330_131436.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4b36ea575d1fb4f6782aa1/1548433141827/_MG_8798.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4ede2d42bfc120279a9cc1/1548672668080/20171014_164541.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4f053d352f531fd2863f3d/1548682563826/0013.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c589e6e971a1805ef0d281c/1549311599683/poster+small.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c59afc2104c7b8324496032/1549381586181/booking.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c59b13b652dea5df345ca96/1549381948428/contact1.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c59b254652dea5df345dbef/1549382279172/_MG_8885.jpg Home https://www.coldwarbudapest.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-01-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4a0c387924e8130fc17024/1548356688210/_MG_8785.jpg New Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4a0c3b40ec9a50cd306496/1548356686966/_MG_8903.jpg New Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4a0bc5c2241b77283cd284/1548356576610/_MG_8798.jpg New Page https://www.coldwarbudapest.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2019-01-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c48942c1aef1d22ffa75cd9/t/5c4b37e80e2e72455c12caac/1548434682239/20171014_164541.jpg New Page A bunch of amazing Dutch guys re-enacting a group photo of Hungarian freedom fighters of the 1956 revolution during a custom-tailored Cold War tour