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
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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.
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unknown author of a hand-painted wall inscription; photo donor Lissák Tivadar (Fortepan)
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Individual
- Regime
- Horthy Regency
- Leader
- Miklos Horthy
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Theme
- Race and ethnicity
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Scapegoating
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Fortepan (donor: Lissák Tivadar), ID 72855, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (Fortepan site footer); covers the photograph only
Fortepan / Lissák Tivadar, ID 72855 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Text on the object
1 KERESZTÉNYÉR! 100ZSIDÓ
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.
