---
title: Bitangok! Ezt akartátok? (Scoundrels! Is this what you wanted?), Hungarian Soviet Republic poster, 1919
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bitangok-hungary-1919/
description: A giant red fist bursts through the arched windows of a conference room and smashes the table, sending top-hatted and uniformed men sprawling.
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Cartoon of a giant red fist smashing a conference table and sending caricatured politicians and officers sprawling; the headline calls them scoundrels. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Bitangok! Ezt akartátok? (Scoundrels! Is this what you wanted?), Hungarian Soviet Republic poster, 1919](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bitangok-hungary-1919.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bitangok-hungary-1919.jpg)

# Bitangok! Ezt akartátok? (Scoundrels! Is this what you wanted?), Hungarian Soviet Republic poster, 1919

A giant red fist bursts through the arched windows of a conference room and smashes the table, sending top-hatted and uniformed men sprawling. The tell is the headline, which addresses the targets as 'Bitangok' (scoundrels, rascals) and asks 'Is this what you wanted?', labelling them before any claim is made.

## Text on the object

Original (Hungarian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Bitangok! Ezt akartátok?

[illegible initials near the lower left and lower right edges]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Scoundrels! Is this what you wanted?
```

Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 'Bitangok' is rendered 'scoundrels'; Commons renders it 'Rascals'.

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