OLD-NEW ENEMIES IN HUNGARIAN AND YUGOSLAV CARICATURES AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1945–1947)

ÁGNES TAMÁS

doi:10.19090/i.2017.28.171-188

ÁGNES TAMÁS University of Szeged, Department of Modern Hungarian History

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19090/i.2017.28.171-188

Keywords: Caricatures, Hungarian and Yugoslav comic papers, depiction of the enemy, propaganda

Abstract

In this paper I analyse caricatures of Hungarian and Yugoslav comic papers (Jež, Ludas Matyi, Új Szó, and Pesti Izé) between 1945 and 1947. I chose this source since the analysis of caricatures can demonstrate the functioning of communist propaganda. After the presentation of sources and goals of the paper, I analyse the depiction of war criminals, the perception of democracy and the Western states, and the representation of democrats and German enemies within the country in Hungary. Then I analyse the depiction of the self of the communists and finally, before the conclusions, the Peace Treaty of Paris in caricatures. The analysed propaganda caricatures documented well the views and propaganda methods of the Communist Parties regarding the above-mentioned topics.

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