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Against exploiters, kulaks; for a happier future join DÉFOSZ.

Poster Number: PP 837
Media Size: Please inquire
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: c. 1950
Editorial Information: [DEFOSZ, the National Federation of Working Peasants and Agrarian Workers]
Technical Information on Poster: Publisher in Charge: Pál Markovits; Printing Director: Károly Radnóti
Catalog Notes: PP 837 Comecon-Warsaw Pact
Language: Hungarian
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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Printer: Szikra (Spark) Press and Publishing House, Budapest —
Szikra (Spark) Press and Publishing was located at 10 Honvéd Street in Budapest, Hungary. It served as the main literature and propaganda communicator for the Hungarian Communist Party. Formed in 1944, Szikra’s infrastructure was developed via the nationalization of the Pallas and Stádium printers in the town of Szeged. When the publisher moved its headquarters to Budapest, it occupied the former Catholic Publishing Company offices. During Szikra’s early years of development, Hungarian publisher Imre C...
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Publisher: DÉFOSZ (National Federation of Working Peasants and Agrarian Workers) — ДЕФОС (Всевенгерская организация земледельцев)
DÉFOSZ was a Hungarian agro-political organization founded in December 1948 to unite the working peasantry under a single state-controlled organization. Its origins were based on the Communist-supported UFOSZ (National Association of New Landowners) and FÉKOSZ (National Association of Agrarian Workers and Smallholders), both formed in 1946 in Hungary. By 1950, DÉFOSZ eroded into a vehicle for local officials rather than an organization that protected the interests of the nation's peasants.
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