The Új Symposion Journal on Trial in Yugoslavia (1971/72)

Abstract

Among the censored press and criminal prosecutions led against individuals after the 1968 student demonstrations in socialist Yugoslavia, a Hungarian neo-avantgarde journal published in Novi Sad found its own place. The Új Symposion journal’s two issues were banned at the end of 1971, and a few months later, its two authors and editor were criminally prosecuted. The aim of this article is to explore the occurrence of political trials in Yugoslavia on the example of the Új Symposion case, by looking into the trial documents, as well as the testimonies of three witnesses of this historical event.

Keywords

• új symposion
• political trials
• censorship
• neo-avantgarde
• the new left
• socialist yugoslavia
• novi sad