Czech-born John Sadovy was sent to Budapest by Life magazine and photographed three days of the Hungarian revolution. Slipping past border guards at night, he took graphic photographs that revealed the cruel reality of the Soviet-controlled state for the first time, and earned him the Robert Capa gold medal
11 April 1935 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Csibi Szilvia Guttman, was born. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
The victims at Auschwitz were among 6million Jews who were murdered by Adolf Hitler's forces between 1941 and 1945. Their lives are commemorated today on Holocaust Memorial Day.
As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the evening, sirens blared, teens were interrogated, and the myth of the most notorious juvenile gang in Budapest was born. The origin of the Great Tree Gang became an elaborately cultivated morality tale of the dangers posed by allegedly rebellious youths to the conformity of communist communities. In time, governments across Cold War Europe manufactured similar stories about the threats posed by groups of unruly adolescents. In Children of Communism, Sándor Horváth explores this youth counterculture in the Eastern Bloc, how young people there imagined the West, and why this generation proved so crucial to communist identity politics. He not only reveals how communism shaped youth culture, but also how young people shaped official policy. A fascinating read on the power of youth protest, Children of Communism shows what life was like for the first generation to have been born under communism and how one evening spent grieving rock and roll under a tree forever changed lives.
20 February 1936 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marika Kundler, was born in Kaposvar. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Peter was only 10 when he was sadly murdered at Auschwitz in 1944
CHILLING rare images showing Jewish children walking to their deaths and men being forced to carry out back-breaking labour at Auschwitz have been revealed in a new book. The series of black and wh…
This is a set of blank cards made from a damaged and discarded book (in this case, a 1935 edition of "The Good Master" by Kate Seredy, who also did the illustrations. I wasn't familiar with this book -- it's about two young cousins, city-bred Kate who comes to live with Jancsi in the country. Hijinks ensue. The book takes place in pre-war Hungary and many of the illustrations are drawn from Hungarian folklore. For extra fun, I've pasted snippets from the book on the back of each card. Each card features an actual black and white illustration from the book (not a copy). You could possibly color these cards with any dry media. The illustrations are mounted on medium-weight black paper and have a white panel inside for easy messaging. The handmade envelopes are made from single pages from a newer book of children's poetry with animal illustrations and poems inside and out. The cards measure 6.25 x 4.5 inches and include white adhesive labels for the mailing addresses and clear adhesive seals for closing. I am trying to reduce my plastic consumption so I no longer offer a gift box. The cards come attractively tied with decorative twine.
Veronika was only 4 when she was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on July 15,1944
Oil on canvas; 130.5 x 133 cm. Born in Kecskemét, Hungary, Adolf Fényes was one of his country’s most distinguished Jewish painters. The motifs of his works can be considered a metonym for the struggle to create a Hungarian Jewish identity, particularly during the decades immediately before and following World War I. The son of the rabbi of Kecskemét, Fényes attended a law program in Budapest. Before completing law school, however, he enrolled at the Mintarajziskola, a leading Budapest institute of design, and was taught by Bertalan Székely between 1884 and 1887. Fényes then studied for three years in Weimar with Max Thedy, and spent a year at the Julien Academy in Paris. He embraced the naturalist style and quickly emerged as one of the most significant painters of the Nagybánya school. In the spring of 1894, he exhibited two paintings, Nagyapó (Grandpa) and Thüringiai paraszt (Thuringian Peasant). That year he returned to Hungary and joined the Benczúr School of the Arts. He won the first of many prizes for Pletyka (Whisperer, or Gossip). In 1898, Fényes left the Benczúr School and helped found the Szolnok artist’s colony. After 1900, he entered perhaps his most productive, diverse, and prestigious period, turning to a more impressionist style, and painting workers and poor people in broad impressionist renderings with dark colors. In 1900, he won the Paris Exhibition Prize for the impressionist-style Család (Family). His naturalist painting Civódás (Spat) won the Rudics Prize in 1901, while Öreg Ember (Old Man) earned him the Lipótváros Casino Prize. In 1905, his major works were shown at the National Gallery in Budapest. In 1907, he helped found Miénk, the Assembly of Hungarian Impressionists and Naturalists, and exhibited with them in 1908. After 1903, Fényes used more color in his work, notably in his paintings of small-town streets; this style is apparent in his Small-town Stillness and Saint Andrew Street, which he painted in 1905. He also opted for a simpler style, as expressed in several portraits from around 1907: Baron Adolf Kohner and Sarbo Leo. Between 1911 and 1914, Fényes produced still-life pictures in striking colors, such as Village Flowers, Peasant Still-life and paintings of the interiors of churches and homes, including The Cathedral of Szolnol and The Serbian Church in Buda. Before World War I, Fényes showed little attachment to Jewish subjects. During and after the war, however, he began adapting themes from the Bible. Between 1915 and 1918, he painted Noah’s Ark, The Jews Defeat the Army of Amalek, Abraham and the Angels and Moses Draws Water from a Stone. By the end of the 1920s, Fényes’ artistic career was nearing its end. Along with other Hungarian Jews, he faced increasingly harsh restrictions imposed by the antisemitic Horthy government that impeded his ability to paint. Interned in a forced labor camp in the 1930s, Fényes died of starvation at the close of World War II. He is thus one of countless Hungarian Jewish cultural figures who epitomize the rapid deterioration of Hungarian Jewry after World War II.
Among the striking pictures from the cataclysmic war is a fascinating shot capturing the moment German and British troops put down their weapons for the Christmas truce of 1914.
Zsuszanna was only 2 when she was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on July 7,1944
....another lesson in history....
Irene was only 5 when she was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on June,1944
Judith Stark was born in 1939 in Budapest Hungary, and died at age 5 years old in 1944 at Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration Camp and Museum 20 Winiw Owicimia, in Owicim, Powiat owicimski County, Maopolskie Poland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Judith Stark.
Dzhordzh was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on April,1944 at age 7
The Auschwitz camp system, located in German-occupied Poland, was a complex of 3 camps, including a killing center. Learn about the history of Auschwitz.
Marika was only 8 when she was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944
A look at the true heroes of World War II.
The documentary photographer David Hurn is what might be termed, ‘an accidental Englishman’ - born in Redhill to Welsh parents, after a childhood in Wales, he travelled the world, radiating out from London to Hungary, the Mediterranean coast and the USA. What distinguished these journeys and defined them was the Leica camera he carried with
Dvora was only 2 years when she was sadly murdered at Auschwitz Death Camp in 1944.
Magda was only 7 when she was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944
Judith was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 at age 4
Istvan was only 7 when he was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944
Moshe was only 2 when he was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944
Jewish women and children, who have been selected for death, walk in a line towards the gas chambers in a horrifying image published in a new book.
Margrit was only a year old when she was sadly murdered at Auschwitz Death Camp in 1944.
Explore family history and genealogy photos capturing cherished memories of people and moments from the past shared by the community.
Eva was only 2 1/2 when she was sadly murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau on July 10,1944
