Status of Research on Anti-Polish Popaganda in the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII and After its Outbreak

Propaganda had been one of fundaments of the Third Reich. On the eve of German invasion of Poland in 1939, it was one of main tools to mobilise the German society and win its support for war. It was also used to justify the war as worthy and just. As for Polish citizens, before the 1 September 1939 attack, it had been a tool of information dominance and disinformation, especially useful with regard to the German ethnic minority in Poland. The article presents the status on research on German wartime propaganda before the invasion in September 1939 and just after the attack against Poland. It points out at already printed studies and identifies knowledge gaps. It also draws attention of future researchers to archival materials and specific sources. They have not been fully explored, described, and evaluated. It means that there is still a lot to do in this area.