Libri prohibiti: zásahy politiky do knižnej produkcie a knižničných fondov počas druhej svetovej vojny na príklade mesta Nitra
Libri prohibit: Government interference with book production and book collections during World War II as exemplified by the city of Nitra
Author(s): Miroslav Palárik, Alena MikulášováSubject(s): Library operations and management, Government/Political systems, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: libraries; book censorship; Slovak republic 1939 – 1945; Nitra; censorship;
Summary/Abstract: In post-1939 Slovakia, the government adopted several measures to exercise undue control over its citizens and influence their views and opinions. During World War II, a number of censorship decrees were issues which sought to control what information was made public in the press, on the radio and in movies and other artistic productions. This paper examines book censorship during that period, analyzing the role of specific institutions which were tasked with excising the undesirable literary production, describing the process of „cleaning up“ libraries and looking at what works and which authors were considered unacceptable by the ruling regime, focusing on the city of Nitra.
Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
- Issue Year: 4/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 117-137
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Slovak