The strategic use of rumour in wartime is part of the arsenal of governmental power, a self-aware political weapon. While the dissemination of misinformation, propaganda, and news has a lengthy history, it reached its pinnacle during World War Two, particularly through the attempts of the British to spread information that would undercut the confidence of enemy populations, provide hope for populations ...

Selections from From Napoleon to Stalin, Rumours of wars, Englishmen and others. 378 pages 18 cm

Votoupalová, D.: Velitelství uniformované vládní policie v Brně (1919) 1942-1945. Inventář, 1979, 33 s., ev. č. 1249. Pomůcku lze najít na http://www.mza.cz/skupina-fondu/b-fondy-politicke-statni-spravy-uradu-instituci-na-urovni-zeme-kraju a také na http://www.mza.cz/a8web/A8SL4All/.

In April 1941, during World War II, the Independent State of Croatia came into being, backed by Fascist Italy (where most Ustasha lived during the 1930s, as they were anti-royalist Yugoslavia in the inter-war period) and Nazi Germany. A month later, large sections of Dalmatia were annexed by the Kingdom of Italy (in the Governatorato di Dalmazia), with the rest being formally left to the Independent ...

This history of the British home front during the First World War offers an account of how British society understood and endured the war. Drawing on official archives and memoirs, Adrian Gregory sheds light on the public reaction to the war and examines the role of propaganda and rumour in fostering patriotism. Includes bibliographical references and index. viii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ...

This collection contains : a pre-war photo of Alexandre and Lucienne Stein-Sasserath and their children Jeannine and Robert Stein at the beach, ca. 1938 ; a letter sent to Mrs. Renard, in which the anonymous author describes the rumours circulating about the raid on Belgian Jews (Aktion Iltis), the actions undertaken by the author to save Jews that night, and the author’s inability to rescue a specific ...

KLAAS EN FRANS DEN HAAN (NL) De broers Klaas en Frans den Haan komen uit een groot arbeidersgezin en moesten al vroeg gaan werken om bij te dragen aan het gezinsinkomen. Ze komen te werken in een emballagefabriek. In de crisisjaren was het moeilijk om aan werk te komen en dat ook te houden. Frans vindt werk in de binnenvaart, maar Klaas wordt al in 1943 opgeroepen voor de arbeidsinzet. De Nazi’s hadden ...

This collection consists of some personal papers of Karl Loewenstein, controversial former head of the security apparatus at Theresienstadt. The papers include an unpublished account of his time in Theresienstadt; sundry related documents and correspondence from and about his time in Theresienstadt. There are apparently two copies of the report entitled <em>Aus der Hölle Minsk in das Paradies Theresienstadt</em>. ...

Mozes Isaak Sand was born in Jaworów, Poland, on 2 May 1923 as the son of Abraham Sand (b. 18/02/1894 in Jaworów, Poland) and Regina Flichtenfeld (b. 07/09/1895 in Jaworów, Poland). Mozes Isaak Sand had an older sister, Lea Sand, who was born in Jaworów, Poland, on 15 November 1921. In October 1927, father Abraham Sand made his way to Belgium via Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His wife and both children followed ...

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