{"id":573321,"date":"2026-09-03T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=573321"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:45:27","slug":"under-warsaw-s-pilsudski-square-occupation-propaganda-posters-from-world-war-ii-found-with-belarusian-inscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/under-warsaw-s-pilsudski-square-occupation-propaganda-posters-from-world-war-ii-found-with-belarusian-inscriptions","title":{"rendered":"Under Warsaw\u2019s Pi\u0142sudski Square, Occupation Propaganda Posters From World War II Found With Belarusian Inscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During archaeological work being carried out beneath Warsaw\u2019s Pi\u0142sudski Square, researchers discovered old, partially burned propaganda posters dating from World War II. They feature an image of the F\u00fchrer and the Belarusian inscription \u201cHitler the Liberator.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is known that similar printed publications were distributed by the occupation authorities in the territory of the General District of Belarus within the Reichskommissariat Ostland. Their purpose was to inform the local population that the attack on the Soviet Union launched in 1941 had brought the desired liberation from the Soviet regime and Stalin.<\/p>\n

In this way, the Germans attempted to win the support of the local population.<\/p>\n

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World War II artifacts found beneath Pi\u0142sudski Square. Photo: httpsx_Slawek_kulinski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIdentical images were circulated in Ukraine, but with a Ukrainian inscription,\u201d <\/em>explained<\/a> S\u0142awomir Kuli\u0144ski<\/strong>i, spokesman for the Saski Palace, whose reconstruction is the purpose of the excavations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not yet known how the propaganda material from Belarus ended up in Warsaw and who tried to burn it,\u201d<\/em> Kuli\u0144ski told reporters.<\/p>\n

Archaeologists discovered a large number of fragments of burned posters. Kuli\u0144ski explained that the posters had most likely been thrown into a pile and set on fire. The fire did not fully develop in the middle of the pile, so fragments of the posters survived.<\/p>\n

In the near future, the discovered posters will be handed over to staff of the Archive of New Documents, where they will undergo conservation. The World War II artifacts are then expected to enrich the collections of selected historical institutions in the capital. They may be transferred to the Warsaw Uprising Museum and the Museum of Warsaw.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will certainly preserve one copy for ourselves, which will enrich our memorial room in the casemates of the reconstructed palace,\u201d<\/em> Kuli\u0144ski added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During archaeological work being carried out beneath Warsaw\u2019s Pi\u0142sudski Square, researchers discovered old, partially burned propaganda posters dating from World War II. They feature an image of the F\u00fchrer and the Belarusian inscription \u201cHitler the Liberator.\u201d It is known that similar printed publications were distributed by the occupation authorities in the territory of the General […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":573320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a99259a80222.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Under Warsaw\u2019s Pi\u0142sudski Square, Occupation Propaganda Posters From World War II Found With Belarusian Inscriptions"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}