With a population more than half Ruthenian or Ukrainian, the laconic faces shown by these local village dwellers seem to express their understanding of the eternal flow of international changes washing over their small province.

Faces of Local Men in Ruthenia, 1939

Two local boys in a recovered city seem to be enjoying the food Hungarian soldiers are sharing with them. 

Honveds Share Food with Locals, 1939

Though a minority of the total population, Hungarians in the province welcomed their recovery by what they considered to be their 1000- year-old motherland. The sign reads: "Welcome, brothers!"