Border Guard After the Soviet Suppression of the Revolution

Call Number
300-40-16:1/12

General information

Call No.:
300-40-16:1/12
Part of series
HU OSA 300-40-16 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Hungarian Unit: Hungary 1956 Revolution Photographs
Located at
Archival photo box #1 / No. 12
Digital ver. identifier
Hungary 1956 foto 1 of 3
Legacy ID
HU OSA 300-40-16_012.jpg
Date of production
1956-11-06
Date
1956
Level
Item
Primary Type
Still image

Content

Form/Genre
Photograph
Contents Summary
A Hungarian border guard on the Austro-Hungarian border near Szentgotthárd wearing a cap which displays the red star after the Soviet crackdown on the freedom fighters. He agreed to the photograph, but refused to give his name. He carries a 7.65 millimeter (approximately 32-caliber) Soviet made submachine gun.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
On guard-- communist sympathising Hungarian border guard has resotred the red star to his cap after the Soviet crackdown on the freedom fighters. He agreed to photograph, but refused to give his name. He carries a 7.65 millimeter (approximately .32-caliber) Soviet made sub-machinegun. Photo was tken on Nov.6, 1956, just insdie the border near the southwest Hungarian small town of Szentgotthárd, 40 miles east of the Austrian city of Graz.

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
Hungary
Collection Specific Tags
1956 Hungary, revolution