The article makes an attempt to revise the image of the Austrian national memory of Austria's participation in World War II. The author – on the basis of a well-documented case study in Burgenland – comes to the conclusion that the local community accepted the racist policy and genocide by the nazis, or at least they resigned themselves to it, and the final disappointment only came at the time when total war was threatening Burgenland, too.

Questions asked by the editorial board are answered by experts on the subject: Pál Pritz, Gábor Székely, István Ravasz, Péter Sipos, Éva Varga and Péter Konok.

This essay on the precedents and consequences for world politics of the battle of Kursk, turning point of World War II – in light of new sources – places in a different perspective, not only the relationship of the western allies and the Soviet Union, but also the impact of the battle of Kursk on the politics of the Great Powers concerning the post-war settlement.

The man who inflicted the most serious defeats on the empire of Hitler is the least known figure among the most prominent and victorious military leaders, both in the West and in Hungary, too. This article tries to give a (more) authentic portrait of the marshal – the commander, politician and human being, whose figure, similarly to that of Suvorov, has been transformed into a national hero in the eyes of the Russian people.