1942 MÁRCIUS 15-ÉN A FÜGGETLEN SZABAD DEMOKRATIKUS MAGYARORSZÁG MEGTEREMTÉ SÉNEK KÖVETELÉSÉVEL ITT E TÉREN ZAJLOTT LE AZ ORSZÁG LEGNAGYOBB HÁBORÚELLENES ÉS ANTIFASISZTA TÜNTETÉSE. A MEGMOZDULÁST A KOMMUNISTÁK KEZDEMÉNYEZÉSÉRE A MAGYAR TÖRTÉNELMI EMLÉKBIZOTTSÁG SZERVEZTE

1972

HAZAFIAS NÉPFRONT
BUDAPESTI BIZOTTSÁGA

BUDAPEST FŐVÁROS
TANÁCSA

A memorial plaque commemorating the anti-German demonstration, held on March 15, 1942, on the anniversary of the 1848 Revolution, in which 8,000 people were gathered under the memorial to Sándor Petőfi.

Above the text is the portrait of Sándor Petőfi, the national poet, and one of the ancestors of the 1848 revolution in which the Hungarians tried to establish an independent state.

The picture of the building and the sign on it was taken that day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
On March 15, 1942, the largest anti-war and anti-fascist demonstration in the country took place here, demanding the creation of an Independent Free Democratic Hungary. The Hungarian historical memory committee organized the community initiative

1972

Patriotic People’s Front
The Budapest Committee

Budapest Capital
Council