Young people have never enjoyed so much attention as nowadays. The thoughts, wishes or even fears have never been discussed so widely during history as these days. The history of 1968 is bipolar as the world we, young people are living in.

While in the west students were disappointed with the never ceasing circle of work-consuming-welfare, with the value system of grandparents over world wars, then in the zones of communist dictatorship, the possibilities of the youth were a lot restricted in the chains of the ‘only’ ideology. The wish to break free was more concrete in the east, was a lot less conceptual while the cultural background relay behind the youth of the west could not be broken down by even the iron curtain. The language used by the youth, their clothing stepped over the threshold of adult society first time and became a universal system.

In Hungary, jus as well in other countries in the ex-socialist countries, something happened. Young people in their twenties did not organize demonstrations against the system, but music and fashion relentlessly coming from the west did provide them with certain framework. It meant an ideal freedom and identity coming from behind the iron curtain. Young people had their fun in every era. But that a cultural pattern would pervade into everything so deep had never happened before and even more, a sense of "us" developed of all this for the first time.

While in the West, the building of the "new world’ was done in front of the cameras; in the East freedom was greater under the duvet. After the powerful dictatorship of the 50's and 60's, with a few exceptions, a special cultural zone of young people developed after 1968. It was supported by the powers and was kept under control. However, they never looked under the duvet.

The permanent exhibition entitled "Freedom under the Duvet" opened on 30 April 2008 in the downstairs room of the House of Terror. The exhibition focuses on Hungary, specially the cultural change of paradigm of 1968, with highlighting contemporary ways of life. Photos, articles, interviews with significant artists of the era invite us into the world that changed the basics of life of youth. It means something different to be young ever since 1968. Our exhibition tries to solve this secret.