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Arraiolos, Portugal, 1959. Another non-Hungarian photo in the Fortepan archive, this one from the University Wisconsin Milwakuee Library.
What a face, and what a look!
Source: [260005] / UWM Libraries
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Hungary, 1948. New number plate, anyone? You can tell by the Hungarian emblem on the plates (the Kossuth Coat of Arms) that this photo was taken just before the communists completed their takeover in 1949. They replaced this emblem with their own, much-reviled, coat of arms. And from that point until 1958, individuals were not allowed to buy private vehicles.
Source: Fortepan [16490] / Magyar Rendőr (Hungarian Police)
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Hungary, 1970. The wonderful Hungarian writer, Magda Szabó, author of some of greatest novels of post WWII-Hungary, such as Abigail, Katalin Street, Iza's Ballad, and perhaps her most well-known work, The Door. The New Yorker described the latter work as "a bone-shaking book". These are all available in excellent English translations, especially any by Len Rix.
Source: Fortepan [219008] / Hunyady József
#fortepan #MagdaSzabó #literature #novels #TheDoor #LenRix #translation #writers
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Esztergom, 1972. The remains of the Mária Valéria bridge across the Danube,that once joined Hungary and Štúrovo in what is now Slovakia. Destroyed in 1944 by the retreating German army, it remained unrepaired for decades, mostly due to tensions between Hungary and the then Czechslovakia.(Štúrovo, or Párkány in Hungarian, was/is largely made up of ethnic Hungarians.)
The bridge was reopened in 2001 having been rebuilt with EU funds.
Source: Fortepan / Urbán Tamás