{"id":166079,"date":"2025-11-28T16:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166079\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-prosecutor-labels-images-of-soviet-dissident-hienijus-as-rehabilitation-of-nazism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166079\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 prosecutor labels images of Soviet dissident Hieniju\u0161 as \u201crehabilitation of Nazism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1281\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-354x199.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-734x413.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Christmas decoration\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Social media)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 28,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office classified Christmas decorations with images of Soviet dissident poetess \u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 as \u201cproducts related to the rehabilitation of Nazism,\u201d ordering the Kaladnaja Krama to remove the item from sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office argued that Hieniju\u0161 had been convicted of high treason and membership of an anti-Soviet group by a Soviet court in 1949. It claimed that she had authored an appeal to Adolf Hitler during the Second World War, when she lived in Czechoslovakia. \u201cHer activity was closely linked to Nazi propaganda on occupied Belarusian lands,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe [Soviet] Supreme Court found that there were no grounds for her exoneration,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office issued the order after the Minsk-based Kaladnaja Krama Christmas shop came under verbal attacks from propaganda show host Ksienija Lebiedzieva and pro-Russian influencer Volha Bondarava for marketing the Hieniju\u0161 images. Bondarava reportedly asked police to bring charges against the shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poems by \u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 (1910\u20131983) became widely known during a brief period of national revival in Belarus in the 1990s. However, in August 2023 authorities labeled her \u201cSelected Works\u201d as \u201cextremist content.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1935 until her arrest by the Soviet secret service in 1948, Hieniju\u0161 served in the exiled government of the Belarusian National Republic. She did time in Soviet labor camps on charges of helping the \u201cinternational bourgeoisie\u201d and membership in \u201canti-Soviet organizations,\u201d and was released in 1956. In modern-day Belarus, officials have rejected public appeals for her exoneration. She was buried in Zelva, Hrodna region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, officials stealthily removed Hieniju\u0161\u2019s bust from the territory of Zelva\u2019s church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, the Parason creative space in Minsk cancelled a memorial evening for the poetess after vocal protests by pro-Russian propagandists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 28,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office classified Christmas decorations with images of Soviet dissident poetess \u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 as \u201cproducts related to the rehabilitation of Nazism,\u201d ordering the Kaladnaja Krama to remove the item from sale. The Office argued that Hieniju\u0161 had been convicted of high treason and membership of an anti-Soviet group by a Soviet court [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":166081,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-166079","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 prosecutor labels images of Soviet dissident Hieniju\u0161 as \u201crehabilitation of Nazism\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 28,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office classified Christmas decorations with images of Soviet dissident poetess \u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 as\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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