Social functions of the „enemy written propaganda” in the years 1965–1975 based on the examples from the Cracow security forces archives Cover Image

Funkcje społeczne „wrogiej propagandy pisanej” w latach 1965–1975 na przykładach z archiwum krakowskiej bezpieki
Social functions of the „enemy written propaganda” in the years 1965–1975 based on the examples from the Cracow security forces archives

Author(s): Maria Konieczna
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Media studies, Archiving, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: propaganda; Poland; 20th century;

Summary/Abstract: Many of the operational reports concerning so-called „enemy written propaganda” are still in the archives of the Cracow security forces. The most of such cases come from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The preserved materials are a testimony of the growth of the anticommunist opposition for bold actions in 1976 and later. Leaflets distribution, writing on the walls, sending anonymous letters were those spaces of freedom that were willingly cultivated by the defiant. The inscriptions were written on the walls, trains and trams, the leaflets were scattered in the streets, in the parks, dormitories, cafés, the anonymous letters were sent. The collected testimonies of the anonymous street slogans against communist government show how grand organisational problem they were for the officers of Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Rising social opposition soon resulted in strikes and riots in Radom and establishment of the first legal opposition.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 124-138
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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