The final volume of Tibor Almási's three-volume monograph, which fills the gap, elaborates the period of Győr art until the end of the Second World War in detail and covering every detail. It takes into account the activities and role of the Győr Fine and Applied Arts Society, which is crucial in the art history of the city's period between the two world wars, in the organization of various exhibitions and other art events, the city's enrichment with public works, significant public buildings, the city's sacrificial contribution to the maintenance of the fine art life, the creation of the city museum and all events that were somehow connected to this area of intellectual life. Thus, he addresses the bombings on Győr in 1944, during which not only monuments, but also many works of art were destroyed. Here, he quotes a sentence from the text of an exhibition opening that also illustrates the persistence of the urban citizenry: „He dreams among the ruins and in the shadow of death he confesses about immortal beauty.”
He also tries to trace further tragedies, such as the deportation of the Jewish population, in this connection the confiscated assets, as well as the fate of the artefacts transported abroad by the city museum's third gold train (which was later largely returned), and cites reminiscences and reports.
The text is complemented by contemporary photos, documents and reproductions of works of art (Pál Szinyei Merse, István Szőnyi, István Zászlós, Jenő Elekfy, József Pandur, Alajos Szabó, etc.), making it more vivid and enjoyable for the readers. The ample notation apparatus is completed by the index of names that also process the material of the previous volumes, thus helping further – not exclusively art historical – research.
