Cenzura wobec problematyki „odwilży” 1956 roku na łamach Gazety Poznańskiej

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to point out the outlook of Local Censorship Office in Poznan to articles about political changes in Poland in 1956, which were published in Gazeta Poznanska. The previous research on the attitude of the press and censorship during the “Polish October” focused primarily on newspapers which were considered revisionist. Gazeta Poznanska was edited by Regional Committee of the Polish United Workers` Party and presented an official conservative point of view. The article was based on the documents from State Archive in Poznan. The basis of arrangements presented in the article were the result of the analysis of source documents created by Local Censorship Office in Poznan. They made it possible to create a category of texts which were consistently excluded from publication. This group included articles on the increase in wages and focused on the movements of Soviet troops in Poland. Censorship also blocked opinions that evaluated the earlier period of the Communist Party governments too critically and suggested dissatisfaction with the ongoing changes. The activity of censorship in Gazeta Poznanska in the year 1956 also indicates what type and level f criticism of the Communist Party at that time was considered to be admissible. The outlook of Local Censorship Office in Poznan to Gazeta Poznanska in the period of 1956 changes in Poland showed what type and level of criticism was acceptable in the Polish United Workers’ Party’s press.