Organizacija državne propagande u evropi tokom tridesetih godina 20. veka. Uporedna analiza Poljske i Jugoslavije
Organization of state propaganda in Europe during 1930s of the XX century. Comparative analysis of Poland and Yugoslavia

Summary/Abstract: During turbulent 1930s all European countries payed attention on propaganda and made a large capital investment into implementation of the one. As the start of World War II came closer, activities in this area became more important and complex. General impression is that propaganda organizations of European countries streamed to have better coordination and centralization. Poland and Yugoslavia were not an excemption. On assignment of state propaganda spreading numbered state institutions were engaged. In the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, since 1929, existed Central Press Office which was founded to represent general state intelligence. The Office included Administrative, Informational and Publishing Department. Among the mentioned ones the most important was Informational Department, which implemented tasks related to preventive inspection of the press and informing domestic media on situation in the country and abroad. The office became, in time, supervisor to all media of the time: press, radio and mouvie and in the fact became the Ministry of propaganda without “accent on desk producing propaganda“. Polish case ment press offices within the most importand ministries: Presidency of the Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence which were incharged for propaganda in areas of jurisdiction. During the years several institutions and comissions vere founded with a goal to coordinate state propaganda in Poland. Invested efforts, logically, resulted with foundation of the Ministry of propaganda just day after attack of Germany. Beside previously mentioned institutions, main role in state propaganda spreading had press agencies, also. Their duty was to inform domestic public on situation in the country and the foreign one on the issues in the state. Of course, in accordance with „the interests of the state and will of the government“. Polish agency PAT was, related to human recources, numbered than Yugoslavian Avala. It had branchy network of informants across the whole Europe and implemented operations which, in Yugoslavia, were in jurisdiction of Central Press Office. When the war started the power of propaganda and its organization were not able to oppose the power of weapon beside envious level of success achieved during 1930s.

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