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.
- Date
- 1919
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Hungarian Soviet Republic, Red Army recruitment (artist József Nemes Lampérth; printed by Seidner, Budapest)
- Country
- Hungarian Soviet Republic
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Bela Kun
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Labor
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (poster in the Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Budapest), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1919; artist died 1924, Commons PD-old-100, PD-Art)
József Nemes Lampérth, 'Be!', 1919, photograph by Szilas via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
Text on the object
BE! Lampérth-[illegible] CHRONOLITHOGRÁFIA Seidner PLAKÁT ÉS CÍMKEGYÁR BUDAPEST VII. SZÖVETSÉG-UTCA 6.
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.
