The Great Book Theft: A Review of: Mária Árvai and Dániel Véri, A nagy könyvlopás: Francia könyvkiállítás a vasfüggöny mögött / The Great Book Theft: French Book Exhibition behind the Iron Curtain, Szentendre: Ferenczy Museum Center, 2020. pp. 200. ISBN 978-615-5860-16-4.

Nóra Veszprémi

doi:10.5817/AEC2022-2-12

The Great Book Theft

A Review of: Mária Árvai and Dániel Véri, A nagy könyvlopás: Francia könyvkiállítás a vasfüggöny mögött / The Great Book Theft: French Book Exhibition behind the Iron Curtain, Szentendre: Ferenczy Museum Center, 2020. pp. 200. ISBN 978-615-5860-16-4.

Vol.2,No.2(2022)

Nóra Veszprémi

https://doi.org/10.5817/AEC2022-2-12

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.76708

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Abstract

On 24 October 1959 an exhibition of new French books opened at the Műcsarnok (Arts Hall) in Budapest. By the time the exhibition closed two weeks later, most of the books on display had been stolen by the visitors. The exhibition The Great Book Theft organised between 20 September 2019 and 1 March 2020 at the Ferenczy Museum Centre in Szentendre explored the event.

Keywords:
Cold War; cultural diplomacy; 1950s; 1960s; Hungary; France

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