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2016 | 37 | 253-262

Article title

Kriegsliteratur aus der DDR und die Zensur in der Volksrepublik Polen in den ersten Nachkriegsjahren

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EN
GDR war literature and censorship in People's Republic of Poland in the early postwar years

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DE

Abstracts

DE
From all of the German literature distributed in Poland during the first half of the nineteen fifties, that of the GDR was the most strongly represented, because like the People's Republic, it was part of the Eastern Bloc. A substantial part of this literature touched upon the themes of the Second World War. As some prominent Eastern German authors had taken part in the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939, this subject also couldn't be ignored.The introduction in 1949 of socialist realism as the most important criterion of art, and particulary strong political pressure, led to a great deal of confusion and insecurity, not only for Polish publishing houses, but also among the censors, whose task was to take decisions about what literature could be printed. Censors’ opinions in this period often differed, not only in terms of detailed matter, but also in the final decisions about the eventual fate of the title submitted for evaluation.
EN
From all of the German literature distributed in Poland during the first half of the nineteen fifties, that of the GDR was the most strongly represented, because like the People's Republic, it was part of the Eastern Bloc. A substantial part of this literature touched upon the themes of the Second World War. As some prominent Eastern German authors had taken part in the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939, this subject also couldn't be ignored. The introduction in 1949 of socialist realism as the most important criterion of art, and particulary strong political pressure, led to a great deal of confusion and insecurity, not only for Polish publishing houses, but also among the censors, whose task was to take decisions about what literature could be printed. Censors’ opinions in this period often differed, not only in terms of detailed matter, but also in the final decisions about the eventual fate of the title submitted for evaluation.

Year

Issue

37

Pages

253-262

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Dates

published
2017-04-15

Contributors

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  • Instytut Filologii Germańskiej UAM

References

  • Archivalien: Archiwum Akt Nowych; Bestand:
  • Główny Urząd Kontroli Prasy Publikacji i Wi¬dowisk (AAN GUKPPiW)
  • AAN GUKPPiW 375 (31/27). (2. Juli 1951). [Gutachten zu Anna Seghers, Siódmy krzyż (Das siebte Kreuz), Warszawa: Czytelnik 1951], o.S.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 152 (31/120). (2. Januar 1951). [Gutachten zu Willi Bredel, Spotkanie nad Ebro
  • (Begegnung am Ebro. Aufzeichnungen eines Kriegkommissars), Warszawa: PIW 1949/50], 93-94.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 376 (31/51). (4. Februar 1951). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa: KiW 1951], 449-450.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 375 (31/27). (2. Juli 1951). [Gutachten zu Anna Seghers, Siódmy krzyż (Das siebte Kreuz), Warszawa: Czytelnik 1951], o.S.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 152 (31/120). (2. Januar 1950). [Gutachten zu Willi Brede, Spotkanie nad Ebro
  • (Begegnung am Ebro. Aufzeichnungen eines Kriegkommissars), Warszawa: PIW 1949/50], 93-94.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 152 (31/121). (26. Januar 1950). [Gutachten zu Willi Bredel, Spotkanie nad Ebro (Begegnung am Ebro. Aufzeichnungen eines Kriegkommissars), Warszawa: PIW 1949/50], 75-77.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/107). (9. Dezember 1950). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Bertram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 239.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/107). (13. Dezember 1950). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Bertram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 240-243.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (16. Januar 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 57.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (10. März 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 58.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (17. März 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 58a.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (10. September 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 59.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (12. November 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 60-61.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (8. Dezember 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 63.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/108). (20. Dezember 1951). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 62.
  • AANGUKPPiW 151 (31/113). (16. April 1952). [Gutachten zu Bodo Uhse, Leutnant Betram (Leutnant Bertram), Warszawa MON 1951], 27.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 376 (31/51). (4. Juli 1951). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa KiW 1951], 449-450.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 376 (31/51). (13. Juli 1951). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa KiW 1951], 451-452.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 376 (31/51). (4. August 1951). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa KiW 1951], 453-454.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 376 (31/51). (14. August 1951). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa KiW 1951], 455-456.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 376 (31/51). (4. September 1951). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki
  • i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa KiW 1951], 449-456.
  • AAN GUKPPiW 598 (68/5). (26. Februar 1958). [Gutachten zu Eduard Claudius, Zielone oliwki i nagie skały (Grüne Oliven und nackte Berge), Warszawa KiW 1958], 16.
  • Sonstige Literatur
  • Rajch‚ M. (2015). Unsere andersartige Kulturpolitik‘. Zensur und Literatur in der DDR und in der Volksrepublik Polen. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM.

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Publication order reference

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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_14746_sgp_2016_37_19
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