The children who built their own Republic

From 1944-1950, orphaned children of post-war Budapest found a new home in Gaudiopolis, also known as the City of Joy. Lutheran Pastor, Gábor Sztehlo, helped these children make their own republic; a place where they made their own rules in the hope of making a new future. The exhibition 'Somewhere in Europe - Gaudiopolis' is part of this year's international contemporary art event, OFF-Biennale Budapest. The curator of the exhibition, Katalin Székely, told Dan Damon more about the young democracy.

(Image: The carpenter's workshop - Reismann, Marian, Children's Home, led by Sztehlo, 1946 - courtesy of the Lutheran Museum, Budapest)