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title: 'Religious Oppression poster 171d: Cardinal Mindszenty trial (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/religious-oppression-171d-mindszenty-thai-1954/
description: Two press photographs of the 1949 trial in Budapest of Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty, shown between uniformed guards and at a microphone beside two other men
section: Collection
---

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# Religious Oppression poster 171d: Cardinal Mindszenty trial (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)

Two press photographs of the 1949 trial in Budapest of Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty, shown between uniformed guards and at a microphone beside two other men, on a yellow sheet. The Thai text says the world was shocked by the fabricated charges and mock sentencing, and that Communist-style trials all end in 'guilty'. The tell is bandwagon, 'the whole world', joined to card-stacking: one trial stands for every Communist trial.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ทั่วโลกพากันตกตลึงเมื่อได้ทราบถึงข้อหาที่เสกสรรขึ้นปลุกขึ้น และการพิจารณาโทษอย่างจอมปลอมอันเกิดแก่ โจเซฟ คาร์ดินาล มินเดเซนตี ที่นครบูดาเพสต์ ในประเทศฮังการี เมื่อ พ.ศ. ๒๔๙๒ ในภาพนี้จะเห็นท่านคาร์ดินาลถูกกระหนาบอยู่ระหว่างหมู่ผู้คุมที่แต่งเครื่องแบบในวันท้าย ๆ ของการพิจารณาโทษ ผลของการพิจารณาตามแบบของคอมมูนิสต์ก็ลงเอยอย่างเดียวกันทุกรายคือ "มีความผิด"
```

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

```
The whole world was shocked on learning of the trumped-up charges and the sham trial and sentencing of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty in the city of Budapest, Hungary, in B.E. 2492 [1949]. In this picture the Cardinal is seen flanked by uniformed guards on the last days of the trial. The result of trials in the Communist style ends the same way in every case: "guilty".
```

[← Communism Means Terrorism, Vietnamese (poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communism-means-terrorism-vietnamese-1954/) [Religious Oppression poster 171e: Communism destroys religion (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/religious-oppression-171e-communism-destroys-religion-thai-1954/)

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