---
title: BE! (In!), Hungarian Red Army recruiting poster by József Nemes Lampérth, 1919
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hungarian-red-army-be-1919/
description: A charging soldier in a heavy greatcoat grips a rifle in one hand and a large red banner in the other, beside the single word 'BE!' (In!).
section: Collection
---

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# BE! (In!), Hungarian Red Army recruiting poster by József Nemes Lampérth, 1919

A charging soldier in a heavy greatcoat grips a rifle in one hand and a large red banner in the other, beside the single word 'BE!' (In!). The tell is the red flag carried as the figure's cloak and standard, which lends the revolution's symbol to the call to enlist.

## Text on the object

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

```
BE!

Lampérth-[illegible]

CHRONOLITHOGRÁFIA
Seidner
PLAKÁT ÉS CÍMKEGYÁR
BUDAPEST VII.
SZÖVETSÉG-UTCA 6.
```

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

```
IN! [i.e. 'Join!']

Lampérth-[illegible]

CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY
Seidner
POSTER AND LABEL WORKS
BUDAPEST VII.
SZÖVETSÉG STREET 6.
```

The handwritten signature is only partly legible. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. The printer's mark is read from a zoomed crop.

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