Rescue operations in Hungary: myths and realities.

In his autobiography, Gyula Kadar, the former head of the Hungarian Military Intelligence Service, wrote an irreverent remark on resistance in wartime Hungary:

If [Hungary] had had as many "resistance fighters" before March 19
1944 as it had in May 1945 and later, Hitler would not have risked
the occupation of the region because he would have been afraid of
a paralysis in production and deliveries of usefuls as well as the
ne to resort to arms. (1)

The intelligence officer was clearly referring to the large number of heroic accounts of resistance that were published during the Communist era.