The history of the printing houses in Baja has not yet been written, despite the fact that there has been a printing house in the town since 1857. The three questionnaires from the time of the post-World War II resumption give a glimpse into the history of printing houses operating in the city in the middle of the 20th century. In 1944, there were seven printing houses in the city (Bakanek és Gádor-nyomda, Corvin-nyomda, K. Bencze Albert nyomdája, Rózsa-nyomda, Stáhl Károly-nyomda, Új Élet Nyomda). Among these printing houses, the machines of the Catholic Új Élet Nyomda (New Life Printing House) were demolished, and their raw material was taken away in 1944 after the invasion of the Soviet troops. Albert K. Bencze was sentenced by the people’s tribunal to one year in prison, and his printing house was taken over by the Communist Party of Baja. The owner of the Dezsõ Rózsa printing house died in February 1945, and his printing house was operated for some time by the Social Democratic Party. From the questionnaires, we can also find out a number of technical data about the printing houses, such as what machines they worked with
