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title: 'Workers'' Militia unit assembly, Cegléd: "A szocialista haza védelme pártunk, államunk, népünk közös ügye"'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hungary-workers-militia-30th-anniversary-cegled-1987/
description: In a sports hall decked with a wreath marked '30', a row of uniformed and civilian officials stands behind a table with a machine gun on a tripod while…
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# Workers' Militia unit assembly, Cegléd: "A szocialista haza védelme pártunk, államunk, népünk közös ügye"

In a sports hall decked with a wreath marked '30', a row of uniformed and civilian officials stands behind a table with a machine gun on a tripod while three helmeted militiamen carry a unit flag past a saluting officer. The hanging banner reads 'The defence of the socialist homeland is the common cause of our party, our state, our people': it names party, state and people as one body with one task, so that doubt about the militia's role reads as doubt about all three (identity-fusion).

## Text on the object

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

```
A SZOCIALISTA HAZA VÉDELME
PÁRTUNK ÁLLAMUNK NÉPÜNK KÖZÖS ÜGYE
[Round emblem, left:] MŐ
[Round emblem, right:] 30
[Sign at left wall:] apenta [illegible]
```

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

```
THE DEFENCE OF THE SOCIALIST HOMELAND
[IS] THE COMMON CAUSE OF OUR PARTY, OUR STATE, OUR PEOPLE
[Round emblem, left:] MŐ (Munkásőrség, Workers' Militia)
[Round emblem, right:] 30
[Sign at left wall:] apenta [illegible]
```

Read from an enlarged crop of the committed image. The banner prints no commas or verb; 'is' is added in brackets in the translation only. The 'apenta' sign on the wall at far left is an advertising sign for a Hungarian mineral-water brand and is not part of the militia display.

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