German Propaganda Archive Calvin University

Background: This is a preliminary version of what may become a larger project: Tracing the history of World War II from the German perspective, using the front pages of the Völkischer Beobachter, the Nazi Party’s daily newspaper. The full newspapers are available on ANNO, the Austrian project to digitize the country’s newspapers.

 


Völkischer Beobachter: September 1939

 

1 September 1939

Germany’s 16 Points

Poland Refuses Negotiations

Our Demands:

The Return of Danzig
Plebiscite in the Corridor

 

2 September 1939

The German Counterattack Has Begun

Our Troops Advancing Successfully

The Powerful Führer Speech to the Reichstag

 

 

3 September 1939

Polish Army Units Cut Off in the North of the Corridor

The Powerful Führer Speech to the Reichstag

New Powerful Blows by the German Luftwaffe —  German Navy Bombards Military Harbor at Hefa

 


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