Periodicals of the Ziegelmasch displaced persons camp in Godenau as sources on the history of Ukrainian emigration in postwar Germany

The article analyses the sources of the „Information Sheet” and „Information newssheet” of the Ziegelmasch camp in Godenau with the purpose of covering the history of Ukrainian emigration and technical information of the source. The study showed that the „Information Sheet” of the Ziegelmasch camp was a typical periodical of the DP era, which was intended to inform campers about events in the world and in Ukraine as a whole. The source allows us to learn about the structure of the Ziegelmasch camp, events in it, the establishment of the camp in Alfeld and its relocation to Godenau. The reason for the creation of the „Information Sheet” was the elections in the Ziegelmasch camp in early 1947, which were held in response to the disregard for the previous elections due to violations of the electoral process. Although the main task of the „Information Sheet” was to provide information about the elections in the camp, the majority of the information relates not so much to the process as to the discussions about the elections among various members of the camp community. Based on a study of all currently known surviving copies of the „Information Sheet” and the „Information newssheet”, it can be concluded that the Ziegelmasch camp in Godenau, despite its small size compared to other camps in the British occupation zone, had a significant level of cultural life, which confirms the functioning of the” Information newssheet” as a permanent information resource of the camp, as well as the „Information Sheet” published at the time of the elections.