Germany Calling
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Germany Calling was a propaganda
radio programme, broadcast
by Nazi
German radio to audiences in Great Britain and to the United States during World War II
.
Every broadcasting began with the station announcement: Germany calling! Here are the Reichssender Hamburg, station Bremen.
Today, it is best known for its employment of several radio presenters jointly known as Lord Haw-Haw
.
Germany Calling was founded on behalf of Reich Minister of Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels
as a propaganda radio programme aimed mainly at audiences in Great Britain and the United States, as well as other parts of the world.
Broadcasts were sent via shortwave in approximately 30 languages.
The regular content included News and Jazzmusic
.
An integral element of the programme were the various announcers collectively known as Lord Haw-Haw, making various announcements and enabling prisoners of war
to personally send regards to relatives in their native countries, which made the programme quite popular with listeners of war participanting states, especially Great Britain and the Unites States.
Germany Calling ceased broadcasting 30 April 1945, when Hamburg
was overrun by the British Army.
, but in Osterloog, Hamburg.
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
radio programme, broadcast
International broadcasting
International broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has also used direct satellite broadcasting and the Internet as means of reaching...
by Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
German radio to audiences in Great Britain and to the United States during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Every broadcasting began with the station announcement: Germany calling! Here are the Reichssender Hamburg, station Bremen.
Today, it is best known for its employment of several radio presenters jointly known as Lord Haw-Haw
Lord Haw-Haw
Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname of several announcers on the English-language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain on the medium wave station Reichssender Hamburg and by shortwave to the United States...
.
Germany Calling was founded on behalf of Reich Minister of Propaganda
Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
The Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda was Nazi Germany's ministry that enforced Nazi Party ideology in Germany and regulated its culture and society. Founded on March 13, 1933, by Adolf Hitler's new National Socialist government, the Ministry was headed by Dr...
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism...
as a propaganda radio programme aimed mainly at audiences in Great Britain and the United States, as well as other parts of the world.
Broadcasts were sent via shortwave in approximately 30 languages.
The regular content included News and Jazzmusic
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
.
An integral element of the programme were the various announcers collectively known as Lord Haw-Haw, making various announcements and enabling prisoners of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
to personally send regards to relatives in their native countries, which made the programme quite popular with listeners of war participanting states, especially Great Britain and the Unites States.
Germany Calling ceased broadcasting 30 April 1945, when Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
was overrun by the British Army.
Studio
In contrast to the station announcement, Germany Calling was not stationed in BremenBremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, but in Osterloog, Hamburg.