ŠTAMPA U OKUPIRANOM NIŠU

In Serbia’s history, the press holds a special place, since its first publications were older than the state’s restoration and recognition. Therefore, it is quite clear that the recent history of the Serbian people cannot be properly understood without first understanding the development path of the Serbian press. Many well-known scientists and historians - Stojan Novaković, Jovan Skerlić, Dušan Vuksan, Svetislav Šumarević, Vuk Dragović, Mihajlo Bjelica, Vasilije Krestić, as well as numerous researchers gathered at the Institute of Journalism and the Association of Journalists of Serbia - have dealt with this topic in the past. Nevertheless, it is interesting that there are not enough works published in the south of central Serbia, in Nis and its surrounding areas, which deal with analyzing and processing, and even less with synthesizing collected data about the press in this part of Serbia. Some of the most important names that marked the research of the press development in this city are Živojin Dačić, Jovan Skerlić, Jeremija Živanović, Bruna Lovrić, Vladimir Nikolić, Mihajlo Paligorić, Ivan Vučković and Dragoljub Mirčetić. While this paper does not claim to cover the entirety of material related to the development of the Nis press, but it may act as an incentive for young researchers to begin to analyze the data that can be obtained. At the same time, we will try to shed light on one of the darkest periods in Nis’s history, namely the period of Bulgarian and German occupation in the First and Second World Wars.