Obszar specjalny NKWD w bykowniańskim lesie jako przedmiot antysowieckiej propagandy w okresie wojny niemiecko-sowieckiej
The NKVD special area in the Bykivnia forest as the subject of anti-Soviet propaganda during the German-Soviet war

Summary/Abstract: The study concerns the pan-European propaganda campaign of the government of Nazi Germany based on exposing the repressive policy of the Soviet totalitarian regime in Kiev. Based on publications in European and Ukrainian journals, I try to determine what role the NKVD special area in the Bykivnia forest played in anti-Soviet propaganda during the German-Soviet war. I describe many mass media and other historical sources, first of all a propaganda leaflet from 1943, which not only includes the largest burial site of victims of Stalinist terror in the system of political repression, but also allows me to determine the main directions of propaganda concerning the disclosure of Soviet crimes, including especially on the example of the NKVD special area in the Bykivnia forest. Using available archival materials, I analyze the criminal case of a participant in the search and exhumation work – a resident of the village of Bykivnia, who was tried in connection with the discovery of the burial site of victims of Stalinist political repression – and I also consider the role that was assigned to the residents of the village of Bykivnia in anti-Soviet Nazi propaganda.

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