Hungarian Border Guards on the Austrian Border Talk to a Communist Collaborator

Call Number
300-40-16:1/11

General information

Call No.:
300-40-16:1/11
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. 11
Digital ver. identifier
Hungary 1956 foto 1 of 3
Legacy ID
HU OSA 300-40-16_011.jpg
Date of production
1956-11-06
Date
1956
Level
Item
Primary Type
Still image

Content

Form/Genre
Photograph
Contents Summary
Two Hungarian border guards at the Austro-Hungarianian border near Szentgotthárd chat with a communist collaborator. The guard on the left, a communist sympathiser, who agreed to be photographed but refused to give his name, carries a Soviet-made submachine gun.The guard on the right, Lieutenant Kanyó, is a Communist who pretended to support the Hungarian freedom fighters when they held the upper hand but switched back when the Soviets arrived to suppress the revolution.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Communist watchdogs-- just inside Hungary at the Austrian frontier, two Hungarian border guads chat with a Communist collaborator. the guard at left, a Communist sympathiser who agreed to be photographed but refused his name, carries a 7.65 millimeter (approximately .32-caliber) Soviet made sub-machinegun. The guard at right, Lieutenant Kanyo, is a diehard Communist who pretended to sympathise with the hungarian freedom fighters when the held the upper hand but switched back when the Soviets cracked down. Photo was taken Nov.6, 1956, near the small Hungarian town of Szentgotthárd, in southwest Hungary 40 miles east of the Austrian city of Graz.

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
Hungary
Collection Specific Tags
1956 Hungary, revolution