Chitra Katha photo poster No. 11: Hungarian refugees begin new lives (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca)

A Bengali photo sheet headed 'the early dawn of a new life for Hungarian refugees'. Photographs show refugees crossing a frozen border into Austria, a boat arriving at Venice, and families settled in Austria, Denmark, Brazil and the United States. The text says Soviet tanks and troops crushed the October 1956 uprising and that about 28,000 refugees reached the United States. The tell is card-stacking: only successful resettlement scenes accompany the account of the Soviet suppression.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Card stackingGlittering generalities

Date

May 23, 1957

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Eisenhower Administration

Leader

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

Migration, War and the military

Event

Hungarian Revolution 1956

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, May 23, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948799, 306-PPB-34g).

চিত্র কথা

হাঙ্গেরীর মোহাজেরদের নব জীবনের প্রাতঃসূচনা

Issue No. 11. Published weekly for U.S.I.S, Dacca by Jatiya Mudran.
Editor's Note :-- Please Post in Public Place, such as school room, Bulletin Board Etc.

Chitra Katha (Picture Story)

The early dawn of a new life for Hungary's refugees

[English imprint lines as printed.]