German Guernsey newspaper
| German Guernsey newspaper
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| description | German soldiers newspaper |
| First edition | 4th July 1942 |
| attitude | May 1945 |
| editor | Propaganda Company 649 |
The Deutsche Guernsey-Zeitung was a German soldiers' newspaper that appeared on the island of Guernsey , part of the Channel Islands , during World War II .
history
After the local English-language newspaper Evening Press had already received a German text section based on the model of the Deutsche Insel-Zeitung , the German Guernsey-Zeitung was the first purely German newspaper to be published on July 4, 1942 . The editorial came from the 7th Army related propaganda unit 649; The Evening Press printing shop was still in use, for which, however, due to the outdated technology, a great deal of material had to be procured from France . In terms of content, the newspaper dealt with current political events as well as local issues. The newspaper was also delivered to Alderney and Sark and appeared until at least April 30, 1945, on which day Adolf Hitler issued an appeal to the Germans who persevered in the last remaining occupied territories, which also included the Channel Islands.
A different route was chosen on the neighboring island of Jersey , where the Evening Post newspaper was only provided with a German-language front page.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tabb 2005, p. 177
literature
- Heinz-Werner Eckhardt: The front newspapers of the German army 1939-1945 . Wilhelm Braumüller Universitäts-Verlagbuchhandlung, Vienna / Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-7003-0080-8 , pp. 88-89
- Peter Tabb: A peculiar occupation: new perspectives on Hitler's Channel Islands . Ian Allen, 2005, ISBN 0-7110-3113-4