Lindlar, Walter, fl. 1958 Caskets for Civil War Victims [Hungarian Civil-War]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.10 Author/Creator: Lindlar, Walter, fl. 1958 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 30 October 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 18 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy
One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated October 30, 1956. Shows two women looking at, and praying beside, a pile of five caskets. The attached press release reports that the women are residents of Magyarovar, a town in West Hungary, they are praying over the five caskets from the 88 villagers who were shot before the town was taken over by Anti-Communist forces. The back of the photo is stamped with Associated Press information.
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