A délvidéki magyar sajtó az 1941-es impériumváltás viharában

Abstract

During the change of the Empire in 1941, the Hungarian-language press in the South of the region underwent a major transformation. The strict censorship of the Yugoslav state policy after World War I and the banning of Hungarian newspapers limited the development of the press for a long time, but by the end of the 1930s the number of Hungarian newspapers began to increase again. During the change of empire, the local press celebrated the arrival of the Hungarian army, and newspapers continued to operate under new names and with changed content. Although the Hungarian press regained its strength, it became a tool of war propaganda and the independence of journalism continued to decline. This paper analyses the changes in the role of the press and the impact of the political environment during this period.