Radio Luxembourg - POW statement; Horspiel

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0630

Overview

Description: "A German PW appeals to his comrades to surrender. Feldwebel Ring speaks to his unit. No Date. " (NARA)
(0:00) pt 1. POW reads statement.
(5:15) pt 2a. Feldwebel Ring take 1. (Alright, cut.)
(6:40) pt 2b. Feldwebel Ring take 2.
(8:15) pt 3. Announcement to German troops: "Deutscher Soldat, willst du deinen eigenen sklavenketten schmieden? [...] Wach auf, Deutscher Landser!"

"'Horspiel' written by German PW and acted by three German PWs. Poem written by German PW. No Date. " (NARA)
(9:50) pt 4. "Horspiel" -- conversation between 3 German soldiers in an American POW camp.
(16:40) pt 5. "Heimat"-type anti-Nazi poem, "Heimat flows with the blood of German soldiers."
(18:24) broadcast ends.
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Radio broadcasts. Propaganda.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Public Domain
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Propaganda, American. Radio broadcasting, American--Germany. Radio in propaganda--Germany. Radio, Military. World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda. Radio Broadcasting
Corporate Name: Radio Luxembourg Radio 1212

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: In Process
Recorded Sound Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired digital copies of Record Group 165: Records of War Department General Staff from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 2019.
Recorded Sound Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
File Number: Source Archive Number: RG-165-206

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:30:13
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Also in Operation Annie broadcasts

Operation Annie (also known as "1212", the frequency on which it broadcasts) was a covert Allied "black propaganda" radio station which began broadcasting in late 1944 from a secret location in Luxembourg and purported to be pro-German, playing patriotic traditional German songs. Over a period of 127 broadcasts, the station built up a loyal following of both German civilians and soldiers. By early 1945, the Allied forces were advancing on Germany and, under instruction from General Dwight Eisenhower, the radio station began broadcasting false information about Allied positions and implied a major assault into Germany was under way. This had the intended effect of making German civilians flee from their homes, which in turn hampered the retreat of the German army. Source: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Operation_Annie_(1946)

Date: 1944-1945

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