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title: Wall inscription '1 keresztényér[t]! 100 zsidó' (1 Christian [for] 100 Jews), Hungary
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hungary-1-keresztenyer-100-zsido-graffiti-1944/
description: 'White hand-painted capitals run across the grey gable end of a house: a numeral ''1'', the word ''KERESZTÉNYÉR[T]'' (for a Christian), an exclamation mark…'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Hand-painted antisemitic slogan on a wall, Hungary 1944, demanding 100 Jews for one Christian; no people shown. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Wall inscription '1 keresztényér\[t\]! 100 zsidó' (1 Christian \[for\] 100 Jews), Hungary](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hungary-1-keresztenyer-100-zsido-graffiti-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hungary-1-keresztenyer-100-zsido-graffiti-1944.jpg)

# Wall inscription '1 keresztényér[t]! 100 zsidó' (1 Christian [for] 100 Jews), Hungary

White hand-painted capitals run across the grey gable end of a house: a numeral '1', the word 'KERESZTÉNYÉR[T]' (for a Christian), an exclamation mark, then '100' and 'ZSIDÓ' (Jews). The formula sets one member of one group against a hundred members of another and makes the second group collectively payable for the first, the scapegoating tell of one villain class standing for many causes.

## Text on the object

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

```
1 KERESZTÉNYÉR! 100ZSIDÓ
```

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

```
1 [for a] CHRISTIAN! 100 JEWS
```

As painted; the exclamation mark follows the first word and the final letter of 'KERESZTÉNYÉR' is unclear (probably a T). Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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