Nowy Kurier Warszawski Nowy Kurier Warszawski ( " New Courier of Warsaw " ) was a German propaganda newspaper issued in the occupied Poland during World War II . Its name was coined after a popular pre - war newspaper " Kurier Warszawski " , with which it had nothing to do but the name . According to German sources the newspaper was issued in 200 000 copies daily , but it was commonly boycotted by the Poles ( Defaced with the Kotwica ) and the numbers seem to be much overestimated . History . Following the Polish defeat against the joint Nazi German and Soviet Invasion of Poland of 1939 , on 6 October German and Soviet forces gained full control over Poland . The success of the invasion marked the end of the Second Polish Republic , though Poland never formally surrendered . On 8 October , after an initial period of military administration , Germany directly annexed western Poland and the former Free City of Danzig and placed the remaining block of territory under the administration of the newly established General Government . Within the General Government all Polish newspapers were immediately banned . In their stead , the German authorities established eight Polish language daily newspapers as part of their propaganda machine aimed at subjugated nations . The largest of them was the Warsaw - based Nowy Kurier Warszawski with daily circulation of over 200 , 000 copies . By comparison , it is estimated that all German - published journals in occupied Poland had a circulation of 700 , 000 in 1941 and over 1 million in 1944 . The new newspaper drew its ' name from pre - war " Kurier Warszawski " , established in 1821 and highly popular in pre - war Warsaw . However , the " New Courier " had little to do with the original journal apart from the name and the printing press ( in the former Dom Prasy building ) . The profile of the newspaper was akin to modern tabloid journalism . Apart from front line news , propaganda and overly optimistic reports on constant successes of the German Wehrmacht , the newspaper featured a collection of sensational crime stories , astrology , gossip column s and such . As such , the newspaper was primarily a tool of indoctrination , primarily of less - educated strata of Polish society . Because of that it was commonly referred to by a variety of derogatory names . The most popular name , " gadzinówka " ( Polish for " Reptile [ newspaper ] " ) became a generic term for any foreign propaganda publication in standard Polish language . Other popular nicknames include Kurwar ( abbreviation of the title , but also a pun on the Polish word " kurwa " - whore ) and " szmatławiec " ( Rag - journal ) . Despite its ' clear propaganda flavour , the newspaper remained highly popular in Poland , as it included useful information on new regulations introduced by the Germans and actual info on monthly food rations as well as many ads and obituaries . In addition , it was cheap : each issue was priced at only 20 grosz es ( later 25 ) , an average price for a newspaper in pre - war Poland , but very inexpensive in reality of rampant hyperinflation in war - torn Poland . Following the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 , the headquarters of the newspaper was moved to Łódź , where it continued to circulate until January 1945 . After the war at least 15 former employees of the New Warsaw Courier had been tried and sentenced to prison for their collaboration with the Nazis during the war .