Mátyás Rákosi

Category: foreign communist/socialist figure
Nationality: Hungarian
Life dates: 1892–1971
Biography: Communist leader of Hungary.
Biografi: Pemimpin komunis Hongaria.
Also written as: Rákosi

1948 – 1948

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GA-00800 1948-12-03 De Waarheid rel B

President en regering op vrouwencongres te Boedapest (President and government at women's congress in Budapest)

President and government at women's congress in Budapest (WIDF second congress opens)

Short De Waarheid report (3 Dec 1948) on the opening of the second WIDF congress in Budapest, attended by President Szakasits and the Hungarian government. Chinese and Soviet women were cheered; delegates from Vietnam were denied visas and women from Indonesia, Iran and Argentina were still awaited.

GA-00801 1948-12-29 De Waarheid rel C

Vrouwen-congres te Boedapest deed machtige gelofte aan de wereld (Women's congress in Budapest made a mighty vow)

Women's congress in Budapest made a mighty vow to the world

De Waarheid report (29 Dec 1948) on the second WIDF congress in Budapest (1-6 Dec, 600+ women, 54 countries), framed as a Soviet-led peace front against "Anglo-American imperialism". Dutch Labour women are chided over the colonial war in Indonesia; Indonesian women are not among the delegates named.