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.
March 1945 was a dreadful month from the German standpoint. The Russians were coming from the east, the Americans and British from the west. The headlines focussed on defense, not hopes of attack. By this stage of the war, paper shortages meant that most issues were two or four pages.
Völkischer Beobachter: March 1945
“We Will Not Surrender Our Right to Life and Freedom”
Radio Speech by Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels on the Military and Political Situation
A translation of the speech is available elsewhere on the GPA.
The Order of the Hour for Us
Fight to the Finish
Romania Becoming a Soviet State
5 March 1945
No Issue
This Is How German Youth Fight!
The front page includes a report of a speech by Gauleiter Hanke.
Moscow’s Murderers in Europe
Guderian — Attorney for Truth
Opposing Eisenhower’s Pincher Tactics
Croatia’s Will: Fight!
Stalin’s Law: Murder and Deportation
This Is How We Will Defeat the Soviets!
Dr. Goebbels Spoke in Lauban and Görlitz
A translation of Goebbels’s speech is available elsewhere on the GPA.
12 March 1945
No Issue
13 March 1945
No Issue
Hatred Our Duty — Revenge Our Virtue
Soviet Dynamite throughout the World
UNRRA Bankruptcy — Betraying the Peoples
Improvisation — A Necessity
The article summarizes an article by Goebbels on the necessity of responding flexibly to the demands of the war.
Churchill Betrays Small Nations
19 March 1945
No Issue
Rhinelanders under USA Terror
England — Slave to Its Allies
Major Battles in the West
England — Bolshevism’s Pimp
Americans Lose Patience
Anti-Semitism in Roosevelt’s Land
Causes of Starvation
Destroying Transportation — Anglo-American Guilt
Note: The claim is that by destroying methods of transportation, the Allies are causing starvation in occupied territories
26 March 1945
No issue
Moscow’s March to the Mediterranean
London’s Facade Collapses Unexpectedly
Strategic Development with Dramatic Tension
Firm Defense against the Enemy’s General Attack
Free Worker or Proletariat?
The Soviet-Plutocratic Alliance Represents the World Jewish Community
The Great Battle in the West
German Measures to Stabilize the Front
