Starter of this subject: Mark Howard
Last post in this subject: 2/21/2001
Messages in this subject: 2
| Mark Howard | 2/21/2001 2 replies |
| I am trying to find out if any of Adolph Hitler's speeches circa late 30s or early 40s (pre- and during WWII) were broadcast on radio in the U.S. in their entirety. I know that one could hear excerpts on radio news programs or in the newsreels, but I would like to know if Americans were able to listen to entire speeches. I know that complete Hitler speeches were broadcast in Europe on the BBC and other outlets, but I have not been able to find anything that would indicate if this was the case in the United States. |
| George Tirebiter | 2/22/2001 0 replies |
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I seem to recall hearing a tape of Hitler's 1939 speech declaring war on Poland with simultaneous English translation followed by a commentary by Raymond Gram Swing. My reference books are in another place so I can't tell you which network Swing was working for in 1939, but presumably that network broadcast the speech.
There is also a circulating tape of Hitler's 1941 speech declaring war on the US, but that comes from an off the air recording of German shortwave radio. |
| Maurice Browning | 3/3/2001 0 replies |
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Yes, I know that at least some of Htler's speeches wee broadcast in the US in their entirity. I remember hearing Hitler and H. V. Kaltinborne(sp?) translating those speeches as they went. Kaltinborne was German and came to the US before WWI. Since his name was Hans Von Kaltinborn and since anti-German sentiments were so high at taht time, he used his nitials as his radio name. He was a commentator for CBS into the 60's as I recall.
William L. Shirer and Edward R. Murrow also commented o the speeches, but as far as I know they were not sufficiently fluent in German to do a precise translation. Later, as the world moved closer to war, the High Command gave copies of Htlers speeches to teh press i advance. Then the text was read as Hitler spoke. I remember the spech he gave after he and Chamberlain met to ensure peace for all time. That was a long speech and was broadcast from start to finish. I listened to it over WFMD in Frederick, Maryland. Although that was a long time ago, it does not seem so long ago when you sit |