The Soviet Press Propaganda in German-Occupied Belorussia 1941–44

Abstract

Propaganda was part of the total war between the Nazi and Soviet regimes in 1941–45. In the territory of Belorussia occupied by the Germans, both states used all propaganda tools possible to mobilize or intimidate people. Initially, the communist press, distributed under conspirational circumstances, both that printed in Russia, and in underground printing houses, motivated to the struggle against the occupiers, and from 1943 on, was convincing people of the necessity to restore the communist system and account people for the fulfilment of their obligations towards the Soviet country.