Leaflets and appeals of the central committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Belarus to the Soviet citizens in German-occupied Belarus
Abstract
The analysis of the content of the appeal leaflets was to show what the Soviet leadership set for the people responsible for propaganda. The image of the enemy presented to the Belarusian society convinced them to uncompromising fight. The propaganda also left no doubt that any work strengthening the occupants’ potential was a betrayal of the Soviet homeland. It reminded that the loyalty of the inhabitants of occupied Belarus should be shown only to the Soviet authorities. The one more goal of the research was to show the effects of propaganda work. They were clearly visible. This was manifested by a powerful guerrilla movement on the territory of the republic and a small, compared to neighboring republics Lithuania and Ukraine, implementation of imposed standards for the supply of labor to Germany and food contingents.
References
- Garbunow CS, Novikava FA, Kozhar IP, editors. Zbornik listovak usenarodnaj partyzanskaj barac’by w Belarusi w gady Vjalikaj Ajchynnaj vajny (1941–1944 gg.) [A collection of leaflets of guerrilla war in Belarus during the Great Patriotic War 1941–1944]. Minsk: Dzjarzhawnae vydavectva BSSR; 1952. 545 p. Belarusian.
- Kozak K. [Forms and state of antagonistic forces in the condition of German occupation in Belarus in 1941–1944]. In: Kozak K, Litvin A, Sidarcow U, editors. Genacyd u Drugoj susvetnaj vajne. Prablemy dasledavannja (u pamac’ ahvjar Trascjanca) [Genocide in the World War II. Problems of research (in memory of the victims of Trostenets)]. Minsk: Belarusian State University; 2003. p. 116–132. Russian.
- Kovalenya A, editor. Belarus’ v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny 1941– 1945 [Belarus during the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945]. Minsk: Belarus Telegraph Agency; 2005. 540 p. Russian.
- Novik Ja, Marcul’ G, editors. Gistoryja Belarusi. Chastka 2 [The history of Belarus. Part 2]. Minsk: Vyshjejshaja shkola; 1998. 464 p. Belarusian.
- Shybeka Z. Narys gistoryii Belarusi (1795–2002) [An outline of the history of Belarus (1795–2002)]. Minsk: Jencyklapedyks; 2003. 490 p. Belarusian.
Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of the Belarusian State University. History
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
The authors who are published in this journal agree to the following:
- The authors retain copyright on the work and provide the journal with the right of first publication of the work on condition of license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial. 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
- The authors retain the right to enter into certain contractual agreements relating to the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work (e.g. post it on the institutional repository, publication in the book), with the reference to its original publication in this journal.
- The authors have the right to post their work on the Internet (e.g. on the institutional store or personal website) prior to and during the review process, conducted by the journal, as this may lead to a productive discussion and a large number of references to this work. (See The Effect of Open Access.)
