Budapest, Hungary
Ady Endre (1877-1919)
Hungarian Poet, journalist
Visible are pieces of several plastered-over wall posters on a building in Budapest. Possibly the one with strips of black/brown is what’s left of a commemorative poster for Ady Endre issued in 1957, and the other seems to be a remnant of a revolutionary poster (note ‘ghost images’ of masked protesters banishing firearms) that may reflect the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a nationwide protest against the Hungarian People’s Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. This led to the armed invasion by the Soviet Union. Image: ca 1983. (scanned film print).
Soviet Invasion
Budapest, Hungary, 1956
During November 1956 the Soviets put a brutal end to the Hungarian Revolution. After twenty-seven years this building, riddled with bullet holes, remains a reminder of the Soviet invasion. Image: ca 1983. (scanned film print).