PP 841 | Poster Plakat

Long live August 20, our holiday celebration!
[On the book] The Hungarian People’s Republic is the state of the workers and the working peasants. In the Hungarian People’s Republic the working people own all power. The Hungarian People 's Republic provides its citizens the right to work and the compensation for that work according to the quantity and quality of work. — Long live August 20, our holiday celebration! [On the book] The Hungarian People’s Republic is the state of the workers and the working peasants. In the Hungarian People’s Republic the working people own all power. The Hungarian People 's Republic provides its citizens the right to work and the compensation for that work according to the quantity and quality of work.

**Poster Number:** PP 841

**Category:** Comecon-Warsaw Pact

**Poster Notes:** Constitution Day was celebrated every August from 1950 and 1989 in place of the "Day of Foundation" that formerly honored King Stephan.

**Media Size:** Please inquire

**Poster Type:** Lithograph and Offset

**Publishing Date:** c. 1952

**Technical Information on Poster:** Publishing Manager in charge: Károly Radnóti

**Catalog Notes:** PP 841 Comecon-Warsaw Pact

**Language:** Hungarian

Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник

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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...