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Victor Vashi (D. 1990) was a Hungarian political cartoonist who "cartooned his way through the years of Nazi and Soviet occupation of his country." Biography There is very little recorded information on the life of Victor Vashi. Most of the information that is available can be found in the brief text on the back of his book ''Red Primer for Children and Diplomats'', a humorous cartoon history of communism in the Soviet Union, published in 1967, on the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. He also co-authored a satirical cartoon book titled ''The Sing Along with Khrushchev Coloring Book,'' cleverly written from the perspective of Nikita Khrushchev's granddaughter writing to her pen pal Caroline Kennedy. Vashi was imprisoned by the Soviets in the Gödöllő prison camp. Locked in solitary confinement, he was overlooked the day when the gulag was emptied and all able-bodied men were sent to Siberia. Victor managed to escape to Austria in December 1948, and he event ...
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