He mentions in his autobiographical note that he eventually became Glatz's assistant, but does not add that this position was traditionally reserved for the most favoured and promising pupil.
Although the Hungarian government officially proclaimed neutrality, they demonstrated every sympathy with Nazi objectives and eventually declared war on the allies in 1941.
After heavy losses on the Russian front, however, the government sued for peace but the country was occupied by the Germans in March, 1944.
Between 1946 and 1951 Szervánszky did graphical work and drew pictures to illustrate news stories at a time when technology did not run to photographs in newspapers.
This so-called “New Course” was support by Imre Nagy, who had become the Hungarian leader and, for a while, life in Hungary held the promise of being easier.
Intellectuals and students demanded reforms and openly called for the withdrawal of the Soviet military from Hungarian territory.
For the last forty years of his life, Szervánszky played almost no part in the public artistic community of his country.
The few people who did buy paintings from him during the last thirty years of his life did so primarily because they came to his studio through personal introductions.