![The Cold War wasn’t merely a territorial and military conflict; it was also fought on the cultural stage.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-kalter-krieg-kultur-300x225.jpg)
Culture during the Cold War
As the decades of the Cold War ticked by, society was defined by the antagonism between East and West and the fear of communism, and this influence even extended to culture.
Trailer for the movie The Hunt for Red October. YouTube
Film trailer featuring Frank Sinatra. YouTube
![Portrait of Max Frisch, 1990.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2019/07/Frisch-225x300.jpg)
![The main pavilion of Expo 64 in Lausanne, in the shape of a hedgehog. The national exposition was very much characterised by the spirit of the Cold War and Switzerland’s «Geistige Landesverteidigung».](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/expo-64-300x265.jpg)
![The Hungarian uprising of 1956 was another defining event for Switzerland.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/ungarnaufstand-300x253.jpg)
![Alexander Solzhenitsyn arriving in Zurich in 1974.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/solschenizyn-300x189.jpg)