1941–1945Liberty Square
The widow of István Horthy visits Novi Sad as chief nurse
A woman in a nursing sister's habit with a veil and cross walks arm in arm with a man in a top hat, followed by an officer in a decorated uniform and other attendants, crossing a square in front of Novi Sad's City Hall where rows of onlookers stand at attention. She is identified as the widow of Istvan Horthy, visiting the city in her capacity as chief nurse.
About this place
The main square of Novi Sad, laid out as the town took shape in the 18th century. Under Austria-Hungary it bore the name of Emperor Franz Joseph; it became Liberation Square after 1918 and Liberty Square after the Second World War. The neo-Renaissance Town Hall (1893-1895) and the neo-Gothic Name of Mary Church (1893-1894, with a 72-metre tower) face each other across it, both designed by architect György Molnár. The Tanurdžić Palace on the square followed in 1933. The seven-metre bronze monument to Svetozar Miletić by Ivan Meštrović was erected in 1939, hidden during the wartime occupation, and returned to the square in late 1944.
On the card
Özv. Horthy Istvánné főápolónőként látogatást tesz Újvidéken.
- Date
- 1941–1945
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Hungarian National Museum
- Credit
- Hungarian National Museum / unknown photographer
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Size
- 623 × 625 px
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