Carved stone: 'Az nem lehet, hogy annyi szív, hiába onta vért!!' (Vörösmarty, Szózat)
A close photograph of a roughly shaped stone slab set in turf, with two lines of hand-cut capitals: 'AZ NEM LEHET, HOGY ANNYI SZÍV, HIÁBA ONTA VÉRT !!'. The words are a famous couplet from Vörösmarty's 1836 national poem 'Szózat', so the monument borrows the standing of the national poet to give its message the weight of the nation's own voice.
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Sponsor and carver not named in the record; photographed in an album digitised by Fortepan (Album058)
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Horthy Regency
- Leader
- Miklos Horthy
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Fortepan (donor: Fortepan/Album058), ID 217084, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (Fortepan site footer); covers the photograph only
Fortepan / Fortepan/Album058, ID 217084 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Text on the object
AZ NEM LEHET, HOGY ANNYI SZÍV, HIÁBA ONTA VÉRT !!
THAT CANNOT BE, THAT SO MANY HEARTS SHED THEIR BLOOD IN VAIN !!
Cut as three lines. Matches the couplet in Vörösmarty's 'Szózat', lines 'Az nem lehet, hogy annyi szív / Hiába onta vért'. Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
