On ʻWhite Terror in Hungary’, 1957

Blatt: 236 x 364 mm
Einfassungslinie: 230 x 362 mm

Physical Description: Pen and brush in brown on wove paper

Inventory Number: 18131

Object Number: 18131 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 2023 as a gift from Barbara and Eduard Beaucamp

Status: Not on display

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About the Work

In 1956, the Hungarian revolt against the Soviet occupying power—officially referred to in the GDR as the ‘White Terror’—led to bloody street fighting in Budapest. Tübke, who was rather sceptical about the events, addressed himself to the topic in a series of dramatic pen-and-ink drawings of agitated crowds. In this example, he depicted a lynching, translating it into a timeless image by formally quoting scenes of Christ’s Crucifixion or Deposition.