TY - JOUR N2 - The Polish-language press in occupied Poland was fully controlled by the German authorities of the so-called General Government. Nowhere was its function as a propaganda tool more crass than in its coverage of events like the death of General Władysław Sikorski, commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in an air crash off Gibraltar. All news reports and commentaries pushed the idea that it was an assassination organized by the British and the Soviets. The article argues that as in other cases the Germans with their allegations and manipulation made the most of the story of Sikorski's death to utterly discredit the allies in the eyes of the Poles. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/122937/PDF-MASTER/2022-01-RHPP-06-Grott.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/122937 PY - 2022 IS - No 1 EP - 127 DO - 10.24425/rhpp.2022.140488 KW - World War II KW - Gibraltar air disaster KW - General Władysław Sikorski's death KW - Polish-language press in occupied Poland KW - German propaganda A1 - Grott, Wojciech PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Prasoznawcza PB - Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie VL - t. 25 DA - 2022.04.20 T1 - The Gibraltar air disaster in the Polish-language press published in occupied Poland (the General Government) SP - 109 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/122937 T2 - Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej ER -