Völkischer Beobachter Front Pages: September 1945.

Background: This page is part of a larger project to trace the history of World War II as reflected in the headlines of the Völkischer Beobachter, the Nazi Party’s daily newspaper.

There was no good news for Germany in February 1945. Headlines reported defensive successes, the horrors of Bolshevism, and made calls to remain steadfast.

Völkischer Beobachter: February 1945

	1 February 1945 Heavy Battles in the German East Heroic Defense in Budapest
	2 February 1945 Reserves against Tanks
	3 February 1945 New Massive Betrayal of the German People Planned Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill Want to Surpass Wilson’s Swindle
	4 February 1945 Fanatic Battle for Budapest
	5 February 1945 No Issue
	6 February 1945 German Resistance Hardens
	7 February 1945 Oder Front Strengthened
	8 February 1945 Soviets Repulsed at Landsberg
	9 February 1945 Soviet Atrocities Exceed All Imaginings
	10 February 1945 New Soviet Attacks along the Oder
	11 February 1945 The Possibilities of the Hour The article begins by granting that Germans might be alarmed at the military situation: “In view of the assault from the East, which will probably soon be followed by new attacks from the west, even good Germans anxiously ask the question: What is the path that leads the German people to a free and national future?” It provides implausible reasons why the war is yet winnable.
	12 February 1945 No Issue
	13 February 1945 Thoughts of Capitulation are Illusionary
	14 February 1945 Stalin’s Orders at Yalta
	15 February 1945 The Bolshevist Dictate of Yalta
	16 February 1945 Jalta — Europe’s Death Sentence
	17 February 1945 Jalta: A Product of Criminal Minds
	18 February 1945 The Lies of Jalta
	19 February 1945 No Issue
	20 February 1945 Budapest Erased Hungary’s Shame
	21 February 1945 The Overall War Situation and Our Opportunities
	22 February 1945 Heartbeat of the Youth
	23 February 1945 Horst Wessel Lives! Horst Wessel was an early Nazi “martyr” whose poem became the Nazi party’s anthem. “As surely as Horst Wessel lives in us and his flame burns within us, so certain are we that we will win this battle!”
	24 February 1945 25 Years of the Party Program 24 February was the anniversary of the proclamation of the Nazi Party platform in 1920.
	25 February 1945 Only Sacrificial Fighters Deserve Life and a Future The Fuhrer’s Speech to His Old Party Comrades
	26 February 1945 No Issue
	27 February 1945 The Miracle of German Confidence in Victory
	28 February 1945 Attack on the Ruhr Front Begins