Mysterious Hitler Poster Found near Warsaw Palace

During renovation work in the Polish capital, workers uncovered parts of a Nazi propaganda poster. The discovery was made at the site of the Saxon Palace, which German troops razed to the ground in 1944. It remains unclear how the poster ended up there.

The poster shows a portrait of Adolf Hitler against a red background, accompanied by a Belarusian inscription reading “Hitler the Liberator”. Germany invaded Belarus on 22 June 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa, the campaign against the Soviet Union.

According to Slawomir Kulinski, a spokesperson for the company overseeing the palace's restoration, the propaganda was designed to portray the German invasion as a liberation from the Bolsheviks and Stalin. Hitler was portrayed as a savior, an image the Nazis used to win the favor of part of the local population and collaborators.

The same portrait was also used in Ukraine, accompanied by a Ukrainian-language inscription conveying the same message.

Kulinski added that it remains unclear how the Wehrmacht's Belarusian-language propaganda ended up beneath what is now Pilsudski Square in Warsaw.

(tvpworld, bak)