Wicker Erika (szerk.): Cumania 28. - A Kecskeméti Katona József Múzeum évkönyve (Kecskemét, 2018)
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Cumania 28. the population involved in sustenance farming significantly decreased, while the proportion of citizens living from industries increased. In the late 19th century, there was also a notable wave of industrialization at Kecskemét, however, in the following decades only minor changes are observable. The transformation in the image of the town had begun from the early decades of the 20,h century, however, even in 1941 larger part of the inhabitants were involved in agriculture. The paper describes the main attributes of local estate-politics and the agrarian population, besides discusses how craftsmen and clerics were involved in farming and landholding. Csaba Hajagos pp. 265-270 FORCED LABOUR AT THE TISZAUG BRIDGE One of the most important project the Katona József Museum of Kecskemét during the GULAG memorial year was the exploration of the story and circumstances connected to the forced labour between January and April 1945 in Tiszaug. The commandants of the Soviet army ordered continuous communal works in every settlement of the county, including the study region, which were mainly connected to the repair of the war damages. One strategic task was to salvage the remains of the Tiszaug bridge that had been formerly blown up by the German army. Some 60- 70 people were forced to work in the icy water of the Tisza daily, some without the knowledge of swimming, thus, about 100 men were killed during the action, which was called 'malenki robot' by the Soviet commanders. The essay is based on local oral history and ethnographical field work, beside the historical and archival sources. METHODS Anikó Bognár - Mária Péterné Fehér - Katalin Végh pp. 271-282 THE MUSEUM PRESENTS: LOVERS IN THE WAR. "NIGHT BUTTERFLIES OF WAR" In the summer of 2016 the Katona József Museum opened a new exhibition entitled "Night Butterflies of War". The exhibition covered various aspects, but the main guideline was Eros, along which link many sides were visualized: wartime and peaceful years, the community of Kecskemét and the wider circle of citizens of Hungary, men and women, guilty and guiltless people, health and illness. Archival documents portrayed the history of prostitution in Kecskemét from the 17th till the 20th century. The medical records are represented with the help of medical equipment. Various objects of the vernacular culture decorated with erotic motifs are also exhibited, as an indication how this was present in the everyday life of peasants. Eros in the battlefield - Austro-Hungarian brothels in military posts during the Great War. This part of the exhibition takes on the visitors to the period of WWI. The posters depict the world of camp brothels with the help of pictures, texts and through two furnished interiors. Tünde Császtvay pp. 283-286 "NIGHT BUTTERFLIES OF WAR" - OPENING REMARKS No partakers of the Great War can be recounted as victors. The war was part of ordinary people's personal reality, as every corner of the society was involved in the events: soldiers, his families, children and adults, women and men. The exhibition entitled 'The Butterflies of the War' not only recalls the lives of the girls working in the brothels of the military camps, but also about 364
