„WY JESTEŚCIE APARATEM, KTÓRY MA DEMASKOWAĆ WROGA”. POLSCY CENZORZY W LATACH 40. XX WIEKU
“YOU ARE AN APPARATUS DESIGNED TO EXPOSE THE ENEMY.” POLISH CENSORS IN THE 1940S
Author(s): Kamila Kamińska-ChełminiakSubject(s): Cultural history, Media studies, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Central Office of Press Control; Main Control Office of Press; Publication and Performances; Glavlit; censorship in PRL;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article was to present the circumstances of the establishment and the scope of activities of the Central Office for Control of the Press, which was transformed into the Main Office for Control of the Press, Publications, and Public Performances in November 1945. The article is an attempt at answering the following questions: who were the first censors? From what communities /professional groups did they come? According to what criteria were the censors selected shortly after the founding of the Center? How did the so-called Soviet Glavlit advisors influence the process of the emergence of institutional censorship in the Polish territory during World War II? Under what circumstances was the Central Office for Control of the Press established?
Journal: Zeszyty Prasoznawcze
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 4 (232)
- Page Range: 904-921
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish