Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War
New in paperback - In-depth look at German home service radio stations during WW2, this is a fascinating insight into how the Nazi war machine sought to shape public opinion at home and abroad.

Radio Hitler follows the life of Deutschlandsender, the Nazi equivalent of BBC Radio 4, and its sister stations that transmitted to Germany and the world at large.

Using first-hand interviews, archives, diaries, letters and memoirs, this book examines what Nazi radio was and what it stood for. Detailed here is the vast "fake news" effort, which bombarded audiences in the Middle East, Africa, the United States and Great Britain. A light is also shone on the home service stations that, with their monumental announcements including Stalingrad, the assassination attempt on Hitler and the invasion of France, provided the soundtrack to everyday life in Nazi Germany. Details of entertainment shows and programs designed to lift morale on the Home Front are abundant and offer a fresh insight into the psyche of the nation.

The book also looks at Nazi attempts to develop television throughout Germany and in occupied France. A rich cast of characters is featured throughout, including Ernst Himmler, brother of Heinrich, who worked as technical chief at Deutschlandsender, and Lord Haw-Haw, the infamous British mouthpiece of the Nazi propaganda machine. Nathan Morley had unlimited access to former Reich radio studios and transmitter sites in Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as to a vast archive of recordings and transcripts.

The result is a fascinating and revealing portrait of propaganda, communication and media in Nazi Germany.
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Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War
New in paperback - In-depth look at German home service radio stations during WW2, this is a fascinating insight into how the Nazi war machine sought to shape public opinion at home and abroad.

Radio Hitler follows the life of Deutschlandsender, the Nazi equivalent of BBC Radio 4, and its sister stations that transmitted to Germany and the world at large.

Using first-hand interviews, archives, diaries, letters and memoirs, this book examines what Nazi radio was and what it stood for. Detailed here is the vast "fake news" effort, which bombarded audiences in the Middle East, Africa, the United States and Great Britain. A light is also shone on the home service stations that, with their monumental announcements including Stalingrad, the assassination attempt on Hitler and the invasion of France, provided the soundtrack to everyday life in Nazi Germany. Details of entertainment shows and programs designed to lift morale on the Home Front are abundant and offer a fresh insight into the psyche of the nation.

The book also looks at Nazi attempts to develop television throughout Germany and in occupied France. A rich cast of characters is featured throughout, including Ernst Himmler, brother of Heinrich, who worked as technical chief at Deutschlandsender, and Lord Haw-Haw, the infamous British mouthpiece of the Nazi propaganda machine. Nathan Morley had unlimited access to former Reich radio studios and transmitter sites in Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as to a vast archive of recordings and transcripts.

The result is a fascinating and revealing portrait of propaganda, communication and media in Nazi Germany.
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Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War

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New in paperback - In-depth look at German home service radio stations during WW2, this is a fascinating insight into how the Nazi war machine sought to shape public opinion at home and abroad.

Radio Hitler follows the life of Deutschlandsender, the Nazi equivalent of BBC Radio 4, and its sister stations that transmitted to Germany and the world at large.

Using first-hand interviews, archives, diaries, letters and memoirs, this book examines what Nazi radio was and what it stood for. Detailed here is the vast "fake news" effort, which bombarded audiences in the Middle East, Africa, the United States and Great Britain. A light is also shone on the home service stations that, with their monumental announcements including Stalingrad, the assassination attempt on Hitler and the invasion of France, provided the soundtrack to everyday life in Nazi Germany. Details of entertainment shows and programs designed to lift morale on the Home Front are abundant and offer a fresh insight into the psyche of the nation.

The book also looks at Nazi attempts to develop television throughout Germany and in occupied France. A rich cast of characters is featured throughout, including Ernst Himmler, brother of Heinrich, who worked as technical chief at Deutschlandsender, and Lord Haw-Haw, the infamous British mouthpiece of the Nazi propaganda machine. Nathan Morley had unlimited access to former Reich radio studios and transmitter sites in Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as to a vast archive of recordings and transcripts.

The result is a fascinating and revealing portrait of propaganda, communication and media in Nazi Germany.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781398115460
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: 06/20/2023
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nathan Morley is the author of Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War. He is a journalist based in Nicosia and has worked for German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, as well as Austrian radio ORF and Vatican Radio. He enjoyed a decade-long career as a news anchor on Cyprus state television and radio. Wolfgang Bauernfeind is a German radio historian, journalist and academic.

Table of Contents

Foreword Wolfgang Bauernfeind 7

Acknowledgements 10

1 The Darkening 12

2 Radio Revolution 17

3 Cleansing 28

4 Drunk on Culture 31

5 This Is Berlin 39

6 The Olympic Dream 45

7 The Television Miracle 57

7 The Road to War 62

9 Poland 70

10 Germany Calling 78

11 1940 84

12 Grumbles 96

13 Hitler's Winning Streak 107

14 Britain 115

15 Farewell America 125

16 A Single Voice 131

17 Calling Africa and the Middle East 150

18 The Turning Tide 161

19 New Ideas 172

20 1943 181

21 Stalingrad 187

22 The Show Goes On 195

23 1944 208

24 D-Day 212

25 Shouting into the Abyss 226

26 Reckoning 247

Appendix A Original Nine Broadcasting Stations 252

Appendix B Deutschlandsender Schedules 253

Appendix C Paul Nipkow Television Rooms in Berlin 255

Appendix D Reichssender Controllers and Studio Locations 257

Appendix E Broadcast Frequencies 259

Appendix F Shortwave Schedules 261

Endnotes 264

Bibliography 279

Index 282

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