Open AccessLeaflets and appeals of the central committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Belarus to the Soviet citizens in German-occupied Belarus
Author(s) -
Eugeniusz Mironowicz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
žurnal belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. istoriâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-4006
pISSN - 2520-6338
DOI - 10.33581/2520-6338-2019-4-27-35
Subject(s) - homeland , german , political science , communism , loyalty , appeal , czech , citizen journalism , adversary , betrayal , work (physics) , socialism , law , economic history , political economy , sociology , engineering , history , politics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
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.