German propaganda among the population of the Northern Caucasus during the Great patriotic war
The article deals with German propaganda aimed at the peaceful population of the North Caucasus during the Great Patriotic War. The study of propaganda is becoming particularly relevant at the present time because of discussions in the public space about “information wars” and “manipulation of consciousness”. The study of propaganda in the North Caucasus is of interest, because it makes it possible to study one more aspect of the Battle of the Caucasus, which was the important part of the Great Patriotic War, and also to understand the features of the German occupation policy in this region. Based on the materials from federal and regional archives, collaborationist press and memoirs of the contemporaries, the article analyzes the forms of German propaganda, the methods by which it tried to influence the local population, the images and myths, as well as the relationship between propaganda and occupation policy.