Samizdat Collection at the Hungarian National Széchényi Library

The Closed Stacks Department of the National Széchényi Library (OSZK) was established in 1946. Everything that was not permitted by the censors and could not be part of the public collection of the library was put here. The librarians argued that the task of the national library was to collect every type of publication regardless of its content. The books and journals which were published by Hungarians who fled the country after the Revolution of 1956 added to the number of items. The department became a meeting point for members of the emerging opposition in the 1980s, which created an opportunity to get actual samizdat writings.

国家薛庚尼图书馆（OSZK）的封闭书库部门成立于1946年。所有未经审查允许且无法纳入图书馆公共收藏的物品均被置于此处。图书馆员们认为，国家图书馆的职责在于搜集各类出版物，无论其内容如何。1956年革命后逃离国内的匈牙利人所出版的书籍和期刊增加了馆藏数量。在1980年代，该部门成为新兴反对派成员的聚会场所，为获取实际的地下出版物提供了机会。