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September 25, 1939: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the story in column 1: "German Jews Lose Radios" |
(The Nazis controlling what information Jews were allowed to hear. Not unlike modern day Twitter, Facebook, Google and numerous so-called "news" outlets, both print and broadcast who censor, block or refuse to report information which is unfavorable to their chosen candidate.) |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Japan Hurls Huge Army Into Action" |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of the North-Eastern Gazette, Middlesbrough, England. |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Goebbels And His Money Reply To Shameful Reproach" |
(A longer version of Dr. Goebbels' reply to a report by H. R. Knickerbocker on Sept. 20, 1939.) |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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Note the story at center: "Death of General Rouses Suspicion" |
(Perhaps the writer wanted to start a conspiracy theory, or maybe they were really wondering. It is true that von Fritsch was removed from his post as C-in-C of the German Army under false pretences, but his death in action was not a Nazi intrigue.) |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Newcastle Sun, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.) |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the headline:"British Destroyer Sunk" |
(No British destroyers, or other British warships, had been sunk. The writers of this story picked it up from German press reports, which were false.) |
Also note the report at top left: "Fear 48 Dead, Scores Missing in Giant Gale" |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of the Van Wert Times-Bulletin, Van Wert, Ohio. |
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Note the story at top right: "German Subs Open Unrestricted Warfare" |
(This is mostly true, Hitler on Sept. 24th removed the restrictions against attacking French merchant ships and Armed Merchant Cruisers, but he did not remove all restrictions against merchant shipping.) |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. |
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September 25, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Die Entlarvung des Mr. Knickerbocker. |
(Exposing Mr. Knickerbocker.) |
| [The response to H. R. Knickerbocker's report of Sept. 20, 1939 from Dr. Goebbels in the German press.] |
2. Gemeinsamer deutsch-russischer Vorbeimarsch in Brest. |
(German and Russian troops march together past Brest.) Referring to Brest-Litovsk, Belarus.) |
3. U-Boot versenkt englischen Zerstörer. |
(U-boat sinks English destroyer) This is the report picked up by worldwide wire services, but was inaccurate.) |
4. Stukas über Warschau. |
(Stukas over Warsaw.) |
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Page published Sept. 25, 2020 |