Strażnica Kresowa. No. 27, February 8, 1946. [at the top:] Distribute with caution!
[Ed.: Józefa Opacki, Zabrze—a continuation of the publication issued in Czortków by the Committee for the Defense of the Eastern Territories, Ternopil branches of the Freedom and Independence Association]
Mimeographed manuscript, 4 sheets printed on one side (1 and 4, as well as 2–3, on different types of paper), sizes 32.8 x 20.8 and 29.6 x 20.8 cm.
Condition: yellowed paper (especially pp. 2 and 3), with numerous small stains on pp. 1 and 4, creases, minimal folds and cracks along the edges, text occasionally difficult to read, pencil corrections, loose pages held together with a paper clip.
The content includes, among other things: pro-Soviet propaganda media (press, radio, praising Russia and the Government of National Unity), but failing to report how that government is devaluing the currency by issuing worthless money, which will result in catastrophic inflation; opposition to the vilification of the Polish nation; about unpleasant situations—such as the purchase of fake certificates of completion for secret courses during the war, and the appropriation of others’ merits; foreign news (including from England, the announcement of the return of Polish soldiers to the country, and that those who prefer to stay will receive British citizenship).
Bibliography:
Chojnacki, Władysław, Bibliography of Polish Underground Publications Issued Under Communist Rule in 1939–41 and 1944–1953, Warsaw, 1996, item 361