Rajk group as a Titoist spy conspiracy

Where in the source: entries dated 31 May–21 September 1949

The archival guide lists successive Secretariat, Political Committee and Central Leadership actions concerning Rajk's arrest, the alleged spy group, the trial and its propaganda.

Where in the source: paragraphs beginning “Ezért úgy döntött...” through “A KV ülésen...”

Uses party records to identify Rákosi's decision, Soviet advisers, the MDP Secretariat and Central Leadership, and the state-security role in constructing and processing the case.

Where in the source: title page; pp. 5–8; pp. 301–306

Identifies the Budapest State Prosecutor's Office and People's Court and preserves their indictment and verdict.

Where in the source: section “A Rajk-per,” paragraphs beginning “Rajk Lászlót...” through “Az ítéletek kihirdetését...”

Connects party leadership, state security and the people's court to the arrest, coercive investigation, managed proceedings, judgment and execution.

Where in the source: entries dated 11 June, 7 September and 14 September 1949

The listed records include the Central Leadership meeting on the alleged spy group and a Secretariat proposal for propaganda surrounding the trial, showing that party management preceded the public judgment.

Where in the source: section “A Rajk-per,” paragraphs beginning “Az első héten...” through “Az ítéletek kihirdetését...”

Describes psychological pressure, torture, the Soviet-adviser rewrite, Rákosi's real-time direction of the trial, radio transmission and the resulting death sentences.

Where in the source: pp. 29–252 (trial), 253–273 (prosecution), 289–300 (last pleas) and 301–306 (verdict)

The official publication exposes the coordinated structure through which confessions, prosecution and judgment presented the alleged network as proven fact.

Where in the source: paragraph beginning “A Belügyminisztérium Vizsgálati Főosztály...”

Provides the later official accounting of prosecutions, convictions, internments, deaths and sentence lengths in the wider affair.

Where in the source: section “A Rajk-per,” paragraphs beginning “A per vádiratát...” through “Az ítéletek kihirdetését...”

Documents the three principal death sentences, Rajk's execution, the punishment of his wife, removal of their son and the trial's role at the beginning of a purge wave within the party leadership.

Where in the source: entries dated 9 July 1954–5 October 1956

The archival guide dates the review order and repeated investigative reports from July 1954, later rehabilitation work, the March 1956 burial proposal and the party's October funeral preparations.

Where in the source: paragraphs beginning “A Nagy Imre miniszterelnöksége...” through “1956 tavaszán...”

Separates the secret Supreme Court acquittal, political acknowledgment, party authorization, exhumation and public reburial rather than treating rehabilitation as one undated act.

Where in the source: pp. 456–457 (PDF pp. 7–8)

Confirms that the judicial correction was a closed retrial ending on 25 November 1955, before the political and ceremonial steps that made the reversal public in 1956.

Where in the source: chapter on political developments, paras. 378 and 388

The contemporary UN report records Rákosi's 27 March 1956 announcement that the Supreme Court had found the Rajk trial based on fabricated charges and describes the 6 October reinterment and demonstrations.

Where in the source: paragraph beginning “Az eseményeknek a végső lökést...”

The official archival overview describes the 6 October reburial as a mass demonstration involving tens of thousands and as an immediate precursor to the political mobilization later that month.