Keyword – paper crisis

Sz. Nagy, Gábor:

Paper crisis as a political weapon in the coalition period (1945–1948)

This paper discusses the paper crisis between 1945 and 1948. It investigates how paper shortage enabled the ruling parties to restrict the publication of certain newspapers. First, it describes the page authorisation mechanism of the era, then it explores the system of paper allocation, and finally it recalls some of its most important findings.

Keywords: coalition period, paper crisis, press policy, supply of paper