Press of the Pomeranian voivodeship during the people's referendum period and elections to the Legislative Sejm

Kamila Churska-Wołoszczak

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During the Polish people’s referendum and Polish legislative election in the years 1946–1947, the press was one of the most important propaganda tools using by communists. The text is the content analysis of the most important press titles published in the Province of Pomerania in those days. It focuses on the following problems: ways of presenting the opposition and the independence underground; the most important issues of so called positive propaganda aimed to advance the achievements of communists and their allies; relating voting course and its results.

KEYWORDS

people's referendum, Legislative Sejm elections, press, Pomeranian voivodeship, “Trybuna Pomorska”, “Robotnik Pomorski”, “Ilustrowany Kurier Polski”