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Remember Hungarian! Poster

György Szennik · 1944

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This antisemitic wartime poster names Kun with hateful imagery to attack his memory decades later.

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Black-and-white photo of a poster pasted on a weathered wall. Large letters read EMLÉKEZZ MAGYAR! Below is a photo of a close-cropped man's face, with dark drip shapes around it and the text MOST 25 ÉVE. Other posters are visible at the edges.
György Szennik, 'Emlékezz magyar!' poster, 1944. Fortepan 72698, donated by Tivadar Lissák.

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