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POLISH NEWSPAPERS.
, Din THE NAZIS.
One of the first things the Nazis sup-
pressed in Poland was the Press. Pre-
war Poland had 2200' periodical publica-
tions, among them IBO daily papers. To-
day, in German-occupied Poland, - there
are only 16 publications in the Palish
laguage and they are "all published by
the Nazis. But alongside this Nazi con-
trolled "Press there is a . network , of
illegal'publications.
The "full number pf these illegal publi-
cations is not known, but it is probably
not less tha 28, and their range is'ex-
tremely wide.
First of all there are the daily papers;
roneo-typed sheets which give ''the
I foreign news on the basis of the B.C.C.
broadcasts and inside information from
Poland.
The come the weeklies, normally
printed. They contain "precious inside
information from'-Poland, "foreign news
and editorials. - .
There exist also, monthly and quarterly
/reviews which contain synthetic analyses
of the war situation. -
Special papers are produced .for the
peasants, for the youth, for the children.
There is even a humorous paper, with
anti-German cartoons and jokes. And in
the Warsaw ghetto there is. a Yiddish
paper.
Scores of thousands of copies are thus
issued, and it can be asserted that this
illegal Press reaches practically the en-
tire population. /
All these ' publications entail printing
presses^-probably concealed in the woods
of Poland-well over a hundred editors
and contributors, and hundreds of thou-
sands of readers. Every person Involved
risks his life, for. death is the penalty
not only Jor working on an illegal paper,
but even for reading lt.
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