Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated to the Museum by Istvan Kovacs, a former member of the Workers Guard militia.
Event Date 2003
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Production / use)
This a copy of the HATAROR (Border Police) newspaper for the Hatarorseg of the Ministry of the Interior. It was published for members of the Border Police and the Workers Guard. Note the insignia of these two organisations in the top left hand corner beside the main title. The joint publication is indicative of the way in which the State collapsed certain bodies and functions into each other as a form of central control.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Newsprint paper, with black and green ink on cover.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copy of a weekly newspaper called 'Határör', from 16th April 1982. The front cover features a green background, with the name of the newspaper in white lettering at the top and the emblems of the Border Police and Workers Guard. There is a large black and white photo of a cars going through border control; in the foreground, a man in a car is showing his papers to a border guard.
Event Date 3/5/2023
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Analysis)
The name of the newspaper (Határör) translates as "Border Crossing" or something similar. The line below reads "The political weekly newspaper of the Ministry of the Interior".
Event Date 3/5/2023
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff