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title: Hurban, Hodzsa es Stur szemelyes leirasuk (wanted notice for the Slovak uprising leaders, Hungarian, German and Slovak)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hurban-hodzsa-stur-wanted-notice-beniczky-1848/
description: A trilingual (Hungarian, German, Slovak) broadside gives physical descriptions of the Slovak national leaders Hurban, Hodzsa and Stur and offers 100…
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# Hurban, Hodzsa es Stur szemelyes leirasuk (wanted notice for the Slovak uprising leaders, Hungarian, German and Slovak)

A trilingual (Hungarian, German, Slovak) broadside gives physical descriptions of the Slovak national leaders Hurban, Hodzsa and Stur and offers 100 forints to whoever seizes them. The tell is the labelling: each language calls them agitators or rebels ('Lazitok', 'Aufruhrer', 'buricov'), and the Hurban entry adds a rumour that he wears a full beard and false decorations, casting a political movement's leaders as suspects in disguise.

- **Date:** 1848
- **Period:** [Pre-1914](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=pre-1914)
- **Made by:** Lajos (Ludwig) Beniczky, Hungarian government commissioner; printed by F. Lorber, Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz)
- **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe)
- **Country:** [Kingdom of Hungary](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=kingdom-of-hungary)
- **Medium:** [Document](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=document)
- **Issuer type:** [State](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=state)
- **Regime:** [Hungarian Revolutionary Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=hungarian-revolutionary-government)
- **Leader:** [Lajos Kossuth](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=lajos-kossuth)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Mobilize or secure compliance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=mobilize-comply)
- **Themes:** [Security and surveillance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=security-surveillance), [Race and ethnicity](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=race-ethnicity)
- **Event:** [Hungarian Revolution of 1848](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=hungarian-revolution-of-1848)
- **Techniques:** [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Library of Congress (World Digital Library; original in the Slovak National Library)](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670779/), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (printed 1848, before 1931; LoC World Digital Library: unaware of any copyright or other restrictions) Slovak National Library, via the Library of Congress / World Digital Library

## Text on the object

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

```
Hurban, Hodzsa és Stúr személyes leirásuk.
Persönliche Beschreibung des Hurban, Hodzsa und Stúr.
Osobný opis Hurbana, Hodzsu a Štúra.

I. Hurban.
[Hungarian] Termete középsz. sovány. Arcza hosszukás, barna. Orra szabalyszerü, kisé hegyes. Szeme kék. Haja barna. Kora 30 körül. Új hirek után viselt nagy szakált és hamis rendeket.
[German] Gestalt mittelm. mager. Gesicht länglich, braun. Nase regelmäßig, etwas gespitzt. Augen blau. Haar braun. Alter bei 30 Jahre. Nach neuen Gerüchten trägt er einen starken Bart und falsche Orden.
[Slovak] Zrostu stredného, chudý. Twári podlhastég, bledég. Nosa trošku končitého. Oči siwé. Wlasi gaštanowég farby. Wek okolo 30 rokow. Podla chýru má welkú bradu a falešné kríže a hwezdy.

II. Hodzsa.
[Hungarian] Termete magos, sovány. Arcza hosszukás sárgás setét barna 's tiszta, szája nagy. Orra kisé széles. Szeme fekete. Haja egészen fekete. Kora 37 körül.
[German] Gestalt hoch, mager. Gesicht gelbbraun, rein, länglich, Mund groß. Nase etwas breit. Augen schwarz. Haar ganz schwarz. Alter bei 37 Jahren.
[Slovak] Zrostu wysokého, chudého. Twári podlhastég, žlto počernastég, ústa welké. Nosa něco šírokého. Oči čérne. Wlasi celkom čérne. Wek okolo 37 rokow.

III. Štúr.
[Hungarian] Termete magos, sugár. Arcza hosszukás, inkább piros. Haja gesztenye szinü, van bajusza és szakála. Kora legfelyebb 34 eszt.
[German] Gestalt hoch, schlank. Gesicht länglich, mehr röthlich. Haar kastanienfarb, trägt einen Schnur- u. Backenbart. Alter höchstens 34 Jahre
[Slovak] Zrostu wysok. strunatého. Twári podlhastég, wjac červeneg. Wlasi gaštanowég farby, noší bajuzt a bradu. Weku nagwiceg 34 roky.

[Hungarian] A fent érintett Lázitók elfogatása esetére, az őket illető törvényhatóságnak beszolgáltató egyén által általam 100 pengő forintokkal jutalmaztatni fog.
Beniczky Lajos, Orsz. Biztos.

[German] Wer die obenerwähnten Aufrührer einfängt und an die betreffende Behörde einliefert, wird durch mich mit 100 fl. C. M. belohnt.
Ludwig Beniczky, Landes-Commissär.

[Slovak] Kdo nadzminěných buričow lapi a prislúchajúcej wrchnosti odewzdá, dostane odplatu 100 zl. w strjebre.
Ludewjt Beniczky, krajanský Commissár.

W B. Štiawnici, Tlačom F. Lorbera.
```

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

```
Personal descriptions of Hurban, Hodzsa and Stur. I. Hurban: of middling build, thin; face long, brown; nose regular, slightly pointed; eyes blue; hair brown; about 30 years old; according to recent rumours he wears a full beard and false decorations. II. Hodzsa: tall, thin; face yellowish-dark brown and clean, long, mouth large; nose somewhat broad; eyes black; hair entirely black; about 37 years old. III. Stur: tall, slender; face long, rather red; hair chestnut, with moustache and whiskers/beard; at most 34 years old. Reward notice (Hungarian, German and Slovak versions): whoever seizes the above-mentioned agitators/rebels/rabble-rousers and delivers them to the competent authority will be rewarded by me with 100 forints (in the German version 100 fl. Convention Money; in Slovak, 100 zlatych in silver). Signed Lajos (Ludwig) Beniczky, national commissioner. At Banska Stiavnica, printed by F. Lorber.
```

The Slovak column is set in old orthography (w for v, long diacritics); accents and some words (bledég, podlhastég, nadzminěných, prislúchajúcej) are hard to read at this resolution and may differ from the original, and the reading of the Slovak column relies partly on the parallel German. The line beginning 'Kdo nadzminěných' is a best reading. Machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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