This February 1945 photo was taken in the little village of Leiben in Austria. My father (Szabo Jozsef 1903-1989) was able to visit us briefly, after the military dependents were relocated there from Hungary, away from the advancing soviet armies... Eventually, we ended up in the American Zone. - Note the 3 horizontal silver bars on his sleeve - indicating the rank of master sergeant. Also visible is his side arm (in the holster) the standard Frommer pistol. Fortunately, he never had to use it. - I am the young boy, his son. The lady is the wife of a fellow sergeant.

Towards the end of war...

Soldiers of the Royal Hungarian 101st Engineering (hidasz) Batallion - on the way or returning from the Eastern Front in 1944. Second from the left (standing - identity known) is Lt. (hadnagy) Nagy Sandor. We visited him after the war, resided in Somlovasarhely, Veszprem megye (county). The 3rd. next to him is my father (Szabo Jozsef 1903-1989), master seargent (fotorzsormester). - FYI the home base of the 101st. was Komarom (present day Komarno, Slovakia).

Troop Train (2)

Hungarian soldiers firing pistols 1941-1945