Josefstal – Skripalovo Russia

A German Village on the Volga

Josefstal Newspapers in Soviet Times: Stalins Weg

| August 11, 2011

Josefstal was made part of a large collective farm under Soviet rule.  Collective farms consisted of a number of villages that banded together. Those collective farms often published newspapers filled with Soviet propaganda, and little “real” news. This specific newspaper, was published by the Erlenbach Communist Party committee.  It is dated 16 January 1938. Many [...]