Газета «Вісті Прилуччини» як історичне джерело історії Чернігівщини періоду нацистської окупації (1941–1943)

Abstract

На основі матеріалів Державного архіву Чернігівської області досліджено видавничу діяльність газети «Вісті Прилуччини» за 1941–1943 рр., схарактеризовано її тематичні рубрики.The publishing activity of the newspaper «Visti Pryluchyny» during 1941-1943 was researched with the help of materials from the State Archive of Chernihiv region. Also topic headlines were analyzed. Chernihiv Oblast was released from Nazi army 76 years ago. This part of the history is still interesting to the researchers of nowadays. Learning of the press of occupation period gives us the possibility to study the history of Chernihiv Oblast, events during this period and life of people. The newspaper «Visti Pryluchyny» was published during 1941–1943 yy. in the city Pryluky. Editors of the newspaper were F. Kharchenko, D. Pylypenko, V. Klyaznyk. Although the two last was only like part-time editors. The publication came out three times a week and it consisted of two pages on Sunday and Friday and four on Wednesday. The reason for increasing the column was the heading «Literary page» that appeared in December 3, 1941. The newspaper presented materials about events at the front, in agriculture, as well as articles that had an anti-Semitic character. The main headings were: «Messages from the Führer’s House» or «Messages from the German Armed Forces”; «Events devoted to land administration and agriculture”; «Criticism of the foundations, events, culture, etc. of socialism”; «Message from the front”; «Invitation to work in Germany”; «Announcement”; «Orders”; «Prose and Anecdotes”; «Caricature”; «Literary page”; «Our Calendar”; information about the theater and the cinema; short messages and the rubric «Lost Documents», various photographs of German leisure, cultural events, science and politics. We can say that the newspaper «Visty Pryluchyny» fulfilled its information task, supported and gave hope to the people to continue life. In addition, this edition is an important additional source for studying the history of Chernihiv region during the German occupation.