In the aftermath of fierce Soviet-Hungarian/German urban fighting, punctuated by Allied air raids smashing the city, three survivors cherish the blessings of sunshine amid the ruins of the Hungarian capital in early 1945. The pensive young man is probably a veteran, having escaped the clutches of one or another army.

Sunshine on Devestated Budapest, Spring, 1945

A son of Regent Horthy of Hungary, Istvan Horthy was a mechanical engineer, pilot, and the country's vice-regent. Shown here, left front, with his unit of fellow fighter pilots,  on active duty at the Don front in 1942, flying Heja planes. He died at the front the same year.

Istvan Horthy and Fellow Hungarian Pilots

Doing chores by the Don, winter, 1942-1943.