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The Captive Press in the Third Reich
Using interviews of Nazi officials and German publishers, as well as printed and manuscript sources, Mr. Hale tells how the Nazi party developed its own insignificant party press into mass circulation newspapers, and how it forced the transfer of ownership of important papers to camouflaged holding companies controlled by the party's central publishing house.
Introduction. I. The Völkischer Beobachter ―Central Organ of the Nazi Party. II. The Nazi Party Press, 1925-1933. III. The Organization of Total Control. IV. The Party and the Publishing Industry, 1933-1934. V. The Final Solution―The Amann Ordinances. VI. Political and Economic Cleansing of the Press. VII. The Captive Publishing Industry, 1936-1939. VIII. The German Press in Wartime. Index.
Originally published in 1964.
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Introduction. I. The Völkischer Beobachter ―Central Organ of the Nazi Party. II. The Nazi Party Press, 1925-1933. III. The Organization of Total Control. IV. The Party and the Publishing Industry, 1933-1934. V. The Final Solution―The Amann Ordinances. VI. Political and Economic Cleansing of the Press. VII. The Captive Publishing Industry, 1936-1939. VIII. The German Press in Wartime. Index.
Originally published in 1964.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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368 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1964
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July 11, 2022
3.4 ⭐ Read 2018 / Review added 12/07/2022.
Oron J Hale was an American academic who also served as an army intelligence officer during WWII and in post war Germany. That experience allowed him to do the first hand research, including interviews with high ranking Nazis, that led to this book.
Germany prior to the war produced more newspapers and magazines than any other European country. This reflected not only the variety of German society but it's divisions; e.g. a communist read communist newspapers, a Catholic read Catholic newspapers, ad infinitum. There were also splits between reporters and editors, as well as editors and publishers. So the German press was as fractured as the other institutions of the Weimer Republic, easing the way for the Nazi takeover.
Hale illustrates how through intimidation or legislation the Nazis shut down, co-opted or acquired Germany's newspapers and publishing houses. He puts to rest one hoary myth that was told in Germany (and elsewhere), that most of the country's press ( media) was Jewish owned. While there were newspapers and publishers that were Jewish run ( until the Nazis made that illegal), ownership was proportionate to Jewish representation in the general population. In other words, most of the newspapers, etc were owned by non Jewish Germans.
I found much of interest in this book but it is somewhat dry and academic, especially when Hale traces the amalgamation of newspapers into the Nazi corporation that took them over. An important work of scholarship, no doubt, but it may not appeal to the average reader.
I learned one very useful word from this book: kaseblatt ( "cheese wrap")- the German term for a scurrilous rag of a newspaper. I can think of several modern day media organizations to which that might apply. -30-
Oron J Hale was an American academic who also served as an army intelligence officer during WWII and in post war Germany. That experience allowed him to do the first hand research, including interviews with high ranking Nazis, that led to this book.
Germany prior to the war produced more newspapers and magazines than any other European country. This reflected not only the variety of German society but it's divisions; e.g. a communist read communist newspapers, a Catholic read Catholic newspapers, ad infinitum. There were also splits between reporters and editors, as well as editors and publishers. So the German press was as fractured as the other institutions of the Weimer Republic, easing the way for the Nazi takeover.
Hale illustrates how through intimidation or legislation the Nazis shut down, co-opted or acquired Germany's newspapers and publishing houses. He puts to rest one hoary myth that was told in Germany (and elsewhere), that most of the country's press ( media) was Jewish owned. While there were newspapers and publishers that were Jewish run ( until the Nazis made that illegal), ownership was proportionate to Jewish representation in the general population. In other words, most of the newspapers, etc were owned by non Jewish Germans.
I found much of interest in this book but it is somewhat dry and academic, especially when Hale traces the amalgamation of newspapers into the Nazi corporation that took them over. An important work of scholarship, no doubt, but it may not appeal to the average reader.
I learned one very useful word from this book: kaseblatt ( "cheese wrap")- the German term for a scurrilous rag of a newspaper. I can think of several modern day media organizations to which that might apply. -30-
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