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Erich Lessing - HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
A childrens' fashion show in Budapest.
HUNGARY. Budapest. In the 1956s, Hungarian citizens were ot allowed to own Western currencies. Money received from abroad had to be exchanged for coupons, which
HUNGARY. Kalocsa. 1956. The Corpus Christi procession is led by girls and young woman in embroidered local costume.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. A couple selling onions. In 1956, state-owned agricultural production cooperatives based on the Soviet model existed in Hungary, but th
HUNGARY. 1956. Matyas RAKOSI, first secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party (left) talking to a bishop of the Reformed Hungarian Church.
Under Hungarian Com...
HUNGARY. 1956. A woman with a traditional beribboned cap and paste-studded combs during the Corpus christi procession.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. Stalin monument on Budapest's Felvonulasi Square (Parade Square) it will be destroyed during the Hungarian uprising on October 23th 195
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
Daily Life in Communist Hungary: Officers stroll along "Halasz-bastion" (Fisherman's Bastion),Budapest, summer 1956.
HUNGARY. Budapest. Summer 1956.
Imre NAGY, Hungarian liberal reform Communist, destituted by the Stalinist Matyas RAKOSI from the Party Presidium in 1955, he l
Karzag.
Village of Karzag. Free market.
HUNGARY. 1956. Cooperative farmers return from the fields.
Under communist rules most farms were turned into large agricultural cooperatives. Private farming w
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
Five o'clock tea in a coffeehouse on the Danube promenade.
HUNGARY. May 31th 1956. Archbishop Jozsef GRÖSZ of Kalocsa, released from prison on 12 May celebrates an open-air mass on Corpus Christi day.
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956. Karzag. A discussion with the Communist Party Secretary in a Puszta village.
HUNGARY. 1956. Budapest.
Matyas RAKOSI, first secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party, during a session of the Hungarian Parliament. After his fall from pow
HUNGARY. 1956. Stalinvaros (Stalin City). Workers at the Martin furnace. Réunion mensuelle. Après l'analyse des résultats par rapport aux objectifs du plan, les
HUNGARY. 1956.
A herd of cows returns, passing through the welcome-gate of the cooperative.
Under communist rules most farms were turned into large agricultu
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956. A horse drinks from the well on a small farm in a Puszta village.
Imre NAGY (HOG), président du Conseil.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
A policeman and a street sweeper at the Pest-end of Budapest's Petšfi-Bridge.
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956. Stalinvarosz. Réunion mensuelle. Après l'analyse des résultats par rapport aux objectifs du plan, les ouvriers peuvent poser des questions et par
Village of Kalocsa. During Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) Catholic procession in honor to the Blessed Sacrament. Elderly women praying during an op...
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
Daily Life in Communist Hungary:Budapest was the most elegant city in the Communist world.New,Western- style elegance in a shopwindow i
Left : sculptor Janos KISS and friends in front of the model for hungarian heroes monument.
Village of Kalocsa. During Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) Catholic procession in honor to the Blessed Sacrament.
Under Hungarian Communism, Protes
HUNGARY. 1956. Budapest. Hungarian Paliament. Hungarian Communist leaders Janos KADAR conferring with Zoltan VAS Minister of the Economics (right), shortly be
HUNGARY. 1956. Stalinvarosz steel-plant (now Dunapentele), located 60 km south of Budapest on the bank of the Danube river.
Months before the October anticommu
HUNGARY. Summer 1956. Stalinvaros.
Production meeting.
HUNGARY. 1956. Budapest.
New blocks of flats are going up in Budapest, so-called "C-scheme" without bathrooms, central heating or any instaallations for hot-wa
HUNGARY. 1956. A meeting of a communal agricultural commission under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Communist Party. On the wall a portait of First Se
HUNGARY. Kalocsa. 1956. Woman in black headscarves kneel during the Corpus Christi procession.
Budapest. Summer 1956.
Imre NAGY at home, Hungarian liberal reform Communist, destituted by the Stalinist Matyas RAKOSI from the Party Presidium in 1955, he li
HUNGARY. 1956. Stalinvaros steel-plant (now Dunapentele), located 60 km south of Budapest on the bank of the Danube river.
Months before the October anticommun
HUNGARY. Zirc. 1956. The office of the Production Cooperative 'Hajnal' (Dawn). In the background, a poster with the cooperative's production figures.
HUNGARY. 1956.
Buying a hand-made rake at the village market in Hajnal.
Karzag. Meeting de l'association des Ecrivains.
HUNGARY. 1956.
The Sztalinvaros(now Dunapentele)steelplant was the flagship and pride of Hungarian industry under Communism. Yet labour unrest began among the s
Budapest. The Austrian sculptor Istvan KISS showing his model for a monument dedicated to the Hungarian heroes, " To the Hungarian people", showing Magyar trib
HUNGARY. 1956. Village in the putza region, or Hungarian steppes.
Under communist rules most farms were turned into large agricultural cooperatives. Private fa
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. Hungarians have always been excellent and passionate chess players. Open-air chess at Vigado Square.
HUNGARY. 1956. Imre NAGY, Prime Minister of Hungary.
HUNGARY. 1956. Village of Karzag in the putza region, or Hungarian steppes. The mail coach.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
Daily Life in Communist Hungary: Ladies in a Budapest coffeehouse.
HUNGARY. 1956. On the right : Andras HEGEDUS Hungarian Prime Minister (May 55 - October 56) talking to Isztvan DOBI former Prime Minister and menber of the Cent
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. An elderly couple sells hand-made toys.
HUNGARY. Russian tractors at Hajnal cooperative. 1956.
HUNGARY. Kalocsa. 1956. Mother and child during the open-air mass on Corpus Christi day. The mass was celebrated by Archbishop Jozsef GRÖSZ.
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956. After Sunday mass, farmers meet in front of the church.
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. Kalocsa. 1956.
Under Hungarian Communism,Protestants,Catholics and Jews were fairly free in the exercise of their religion Some leaders of the churches
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
A newspaper stall in Budapest. In the 1950s the press was still under the tight control of Communist Party and state. Nonetheless, crit
HUNGARY. 1956.
Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural cooperatives.Private farming was restricted to small plots for fami
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. Under Hungarian Communism,Protestants,Catholics and Jews were fairly free in the exercise of their religion Some leaders of the churches were imprisone
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956. An agricultural tractor station (MTS). In the 1950s, the cooperatives did not have machinery of their own, but rented it from the state.
HUNGARY. 1956.
The Sztalinvaros(now Dunapentele)steelplant was the flagship and pride of Hungarian industry under Communism. Yet labour unrest began among the s
HUNGARY. 1956. Sculptor Istvan KISS with friends, in front of his group of statues'György Dozsa'. Dozsa was the leader of the Hungarian peasant revolt of 1514 a
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. A 'private entrepreneur' tastes his own ice-cream.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. Two girls at a stall in a market.
HUNGARY. 1956. Stalinvaros. Production meeting.
HUNGARY. 1956. Diosgyör. View of the Lenin ironworks.
HUNGARY. 1956. Hungarian liberal reform communist Imre NAGY, in his house on Orso street.
HUNGARY. 1956. A board meeting of the agricultural cooperative 'Hajnal': during the meeting, work is divided up between the various brigades, plans for the harv
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. An elegant couple on the Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest Castle.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
A fashion shop in downtown Budapest, then the most elegant city in the Communist world. In 1949 an attempt was made to close down the p
HUNGARY. 1956. Stalinvaros. Production meeting. Labour unrest and some strikes began among the privileged steelworkers months before the outbreak of the revolut
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. A quick business deal in front of an IKKA shop.
HUNGARY. 1956. Farmers kneel under their church flags in the
corpus Christi procession.
HUNGARY. Summer 1956. Meeting of the regional council of the National Front. Matyas RAKOSI, first Secretary of the Hungarian Workers' Party, with Calvinist bish
HUNGARY. Steelmill. Sztalinvaros. 1956.
"Steel workers, on this second anniversary of our company, commit yourselves to exceeding your obligations", says the ba...
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. This was the era of Ferenc PUSKAS, who scored eighty-three international goals during his career with the Kispest-Honvéd team.
HUNGARY. Budapest. Fashion show at the institute of fashion. 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956. A farm woman selling cherries and vegetables from huge baskets.
HUNGARY. 1956.
Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural cooperatives.Private farming was restricted to small plots for fami
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. Népstadion (The people's Stadium). Ferenc PUSKAS, lovingly called 'Öcsi' (little brother), captain of the famous Hungarian national tea
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
A fashion show in Budapest.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956.
Daily Life in Communist Hungary: a 5 o'clock in a Budapest coffeehouse,prior to the Hungarian Revolution of October 1956.
HUNGARY. 1956.
HUNGARY. Budapest. 1956. Lacemakers sell their wares to townspeople and tourists.
HUNGARY. 1956. Karzag. In a stormy meeting of the Hungarians Writers' Union, György Szüdi called the planned rise of agricultural production by twenty-seven per
HUNGARY. 1956. Management site for the Canal Construction Company No. 26/5. On the board are the rankings of workers according to performance in the 'Socialist
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