French newspaper “Le Monde’s” view of Lithuania from 1944 to 1954
Journal: OIKOS lietuvių migracijos ir diasporos studijos
Year: 2021

The article discusses what one of France's most popular daily newspapers, founded in 1944 on the initiative of General De Gaulle for France to have a "prestigious newspaper" oriented towards foreign countries, wrote about Lithuania. The article examines how Lithuania was portrayed by a widely read newspaper of all political positions from the beginning of the Soviet occupation to the beginning of the post-Stalinist period (1944-1953). The content of the publications highlights the information av