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| Type | Initially bi-weekly then weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1941 |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Ceased publication | 1944 |
| City | Biržai |
| Country | Lithuania |
The Naujosios Biržų žinios (literally: New Biržai news) was the weekly (first few months - bi-weekly) county newspaper [lt] on matters of society, politics and literature. It was published in the Biržai county [lt]. It was published from 1941 to 1944. A total of 131 issues were published. It was the continuation of the Biržų žinios [lt] that was published from 1922 to 1933. From 16 January 1943 to 8 July 1944, the newspaper was published under the old title Biržų žinios.
History
It was published by the Lithuanian Activist Front. In its first issue on 19 July 1941, the newspaper greeted the Wehrmacht with: "Wir grüssen die siegreiche deutsche Wehrmacht!" (translates to: We salute the victorious German Wehrmacht!).
After the German invasion, the Naujosios Biržų Žinios wrote:
After the Bolsheviks fled, a list of changes in street names was found in the executive committee of Biržai town, in which we find the following changes: the existing Gediminas street is renamed to Kapsukas, Martynas Yčas - Four Communards [lt], Officer Nastopka - Soviets, Jonas Yčas [lt] - Kirov, Vytautas Avenue - Stalin's Avenue, Reformed - Komsomol, Shops - Internationale, Markets - Lenin's and others ... Angry tongues said that the city of Biržai itself will be named Kerbelgrad.
Edited by Jonas Mekas (1941–1942), Julius Petronis, editor-in-chief Stasys Lipniūnas.
References
- ^ Tapinas 1997, p. 355.
- ^ Butkevičius, Algirdas (2020-08-24). "Praeitis atgyja: Biržų žinios prieš šimtmetį". Biržiečių žodis (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2020-09-20.
- Januševičius, Borisas (2014-07-29). "Biržai karo liepsnose" [Biržai in the flames of war]. www.krastas.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-18.
- Januševičius, Borisas (2015-07-21). "Prieš 75 metus Biržuose. 1940 metų vasara" [75 years ago in Biržai. Summer of 1940]. old.skrastas.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-18.
Sources
- Tapinas, Laimonas (1997). "Panevėžio apygardos balsas" (PDF). Žurnalistikos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Pradai. ISBN 9986-776-62-7.