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title: Georgy Aleksandrov
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/georgy-aleksandrov/
description: 1 verified quote from Georgy Aleksandrov, Head of the Central Committee Department of Agitation and Propaganda (Agitprop), 1940-1947; Director of the…
section: FRAME
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[Quotes](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/) · Soviet Union

# Georgy Aleksandrov

Head of the Central Committee Department of Agitation and Propaganda (Agitprop), 1940-1947; Director of the Institute of Philosophy, 1947-1954 · Soviet Union

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1. > “At present, Ehrenburg does not reflect the public opinion in the Soviet Union. Carrying out its great liberating mission, the Red Army is fighting to liquidate not only the German Army, but also the Hitlerite state and its government. However, its goal has never been to exterminate the German nation. That would be unwise and thoughtless” — Original (Russian) — Незачем говорить, что т. Эренбург не отражает в данном случае советского общественного мнения. Красная Армия, выполняя свою великую освободительную миссию, ведет бои за ликвидацию гитлеровской армии, гитлеровского государства, гитлеровского правительства, но никогда не ставила и не ставит своей целью истребить немецкий народ. Это было бы глупо и бессмысленно. — English: Tomasz Gliniecki, in "The Development of Soviet Military Propaganda during the War with Germany (1941-1945)", Institute of National Remembrance Review 4 (2021-22), p. 132 — April 14, 1945 · Article · Pravda, no. 89 Verified (secondary source) — Aleksandrov, then head of the Central Committee propaganda department, answered Ilya Ehrenburg's article "Enough!" in Krasnaya Zvezda of 11 April 1945. Ehrenburg had written that there was no Germany, only a colossal gang. Aleksandrov quoted Stalin's statement that "Hitlers come and go, but the German people, the German state, remain." — G. Aleksandrov, "Tovarishch Erenburg uproshchaet" ("Comrade Ehrenburg Is Oversimplifying"), Pravda, 14 April 1945, no. 89 (9860); English in Tomasz Gliniecki, Institute of National Remembrance Review 4 (2021-22), p. 132 [Source](https://archiwum.ipn.gov.pl/download/1/769550/TomaszGlinieckiTheDevelopmentofSovietMilitaryPropaganda.pdf)