Київські історичні студії (Dec 2022)
Information and propaganda work as a component of the anti-Nazi resistance of the OUN and the UPA during World War II
Abstract
The article examines the evolution of information and propaganda activities conducted by the OUN and UPA during the Second World War on the territory of Ukraine. The purpose of research is to analyze the transition of the OUN from cooperation with the Nazis to active opposition to the occupiers precisely because of the change in means and methods of information and propaganda work. The source base of the article was archival and published documents of Ukrainian nationalists and German Nazis. The analysis of the sources made it possible to consider the modification of the forms of propaganda influence of the propaganda structures of the OUN and UPA on the population in the occupied territories of Ukraine in 1941-1944 and the attitude of the occupation authorities to the work of Ukrainian nationalists’ propaganda apparatus. The author has come to the conclusion that analytical work was one of the main factors in determining strategic tasks and choosing tactical methods of informational and propaganda activities of the OUN and UPA. Constantly changing conditions of counter-propaganda by Ukrainian nationalists in their opposition to the Nazis during hostilities on the territory of Ukraine gave rise to specific means and methods of this activity. It has been considered how the main varieties of oral (political speech, political conversation, report, discussion) and printed (postcards, periodicals, books, illustrative materials) propaganda were used in the conditions of the struggle against the Nazi occupation regime. The analysis of methods of simultaneous use of oral and printed forms of anti-Nazi propaganda has made it possible to demonstrate the effectiveness of the functioning of the OUN and UPA propaganda network and its role in strengthening support for national and patriotic forces among Ukrainians.
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