Archives of the “pioneering” period of post-war censorship. Literature in classified bulletins of the censorship office (1945–1951)

Abstract

In the article, the author describes literary and cultural topics included in classified bulletins of the censorship office, escrowed in a file stored in the National Archives in Poznań entitled Instruction-Training Bulletins 1945–1951. Apparently, the collection has not been studied so far. The file contains nine issues of bulletins from the “pioneering” period of post-war censorship: the collection opens with two bulletins from 1945, from May and June, two from 1948 and two from 1949, as well as one issue each from 1950 and 1951, besides one undated bulletin, however, written certainly after November 1946 and before 30 October 1948.

The editorial board of the periodical included various materials about the activities of the Control Office, articles, censor reviews, reports, as well as hints and guidelines intended to come to the aid of employees evaluating various types of writing. Although the magazine was still searching for its formula, from the beginning it carried out training and instructional tasks, emphasizing the formation of an exemplary employee of “Mysia” and field delegations.