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Censorship in Poland: Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century
arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/.../Polcen19c.html |
3,185 words |
A review of censorship practices in the Polish Lands in the context to the political events and situations of the period. |
Censorship in Poland in the Twentieth Century
arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/.../Polcen20c.html |
5,600 words |
Article from Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Deal
with the history of censorship in the Inter-war period, during the German
occupation of WWII, the years of the Communist Regime and those since. |
Black Book
arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/.../Blackbook.html |
1,320 words |
The Black Book of Polish Censorship (Czarna ksiega cenzury PRL) consists of approximately 700 pages of classified documents dating from the period 1974-77, which the Cracow censor, Tomasz Strzyzewski, smuggled out of People's Poland to Sweden in February 1977. The tome had a profound impact upon the Polish intelligentsia, particularly writers, who were astounded by the draconian restrictions applied by the state. |
Second Circulation 1976-1989 Poland
arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/.../drugiobieg.html |
1,340 words |
Underground publishers and publications began to appear from the mid-1970s in Poland. Its potential expanded enormously with the rise of Solidarity. Following the declaration of Martial Law, the state authorities imposed a severe clampdown, which however didn't eradicate underground publishing entirely. In February 1987 a new policy of toleration was introduced and publications became widely available. |
History of Polish Underground Publishing During Solidarity
cornell.edu/.../slav/publishinghistory.html |
1,390 words |
A brief history of the underground publishing movement and an account of how in 1995, Cornell University Library acquired a rare and invaluable collection of over 1200 Polish Underground publications from the Solidarity era. These items were written and printed during a time of martial law, when one could be imprisoned for even being associated with such activities. |
Solidarity Underground Publications
cornell.edu/.../slav/solidarity.html#b |
over 1,200 items |
An alphabetical list, by author (if there is one) or title, of the underground publications of the Polish Solidarity movement which are available from Cornell University Library's Rare Books Department. |
Censorship and Underground Publishing
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