During the First World War, a considerable number of women from belligerent and neutral countries reported from all major theatres of war. Their reports could be read in major newspapers and magazines around the world. Different types of reporters were involved in the war’s coverage. Some were officially accredited by the armed forces or obtained other official permits to visit the front. Others were unable to get near the front but still witnessed the fighting or reported on the impact of the war on soldiers and civilians. Moreover, nurses in field hospitals wrote about their experiences …
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Welcome! I’m Dr. Stephanie Seul and I write about the international history of media and communication in the era of the two World Wars. I have published on topics such as British propaganda during the 1930s and the Second World War, the representation of Weimar antisemitism and the Holocaust in the contemporary international press and radio, the International… Continue reading Home
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Women War Reporters of the First World War The German-Jewish Press and the First World War The International Press and German Antisemitism during the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 The PRESSA, International Press Exhibition in Cologne 1928 British propaganda directed at Nazi Germany, 1938-1945
British propaganda directed at Nazi Germany, 1938-1945
During the Second World War, the BBC’s German-language broadcasts and British leaflets dropped by the Royal Air Force were an important alternative source of information for many Germans. Germany’s media had been strictly censored and manipulated since 1933. Listening to foreign radio stations was illegal and penalties ranged from fines and confiscation of radio sets… Continue reading British propaganda directed at Nazi Germany, 1938-1945
The PRESSA, International Press Exhibition in Cologne 1928
The PRESSA – the International Press Exhibition held in Cologne in 1928 – was the most ambitious and comprehensive exhibition ever organised to present past and contemporary journalism. Between 12 May and 14 October 1928 the pavilions of 43 countries and of the League of Nations, and a total of 1,500 exhibitors (among them 450… Continue reading The PRESSA, International Press Exhibition in Cologne 1928
The International Press and German Antisemitism during the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
In April 1933, Hitler shocked world opinion with a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses and the removal of all Jews from the civil service and the professions. However, the Nazi attack on the Jews did not come out of the blue. Anti-Jewish propaganda, discrimination and violence were an integral feature of everyday life during the… Continue reading The International Press and German Antisemitism during the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
The German-Jewish Press and the First World War
How did German Jews experience the First World War? One of the most important sources is the German-Jewish press, i.e. newspapers and journals written in German and published by Jews for a pre-dominantly Jewish readership, with a thematic focus on issues of Jewish interest. The periodicals mirror the communal life as well as the central… Continue reading The German-Jewish Press and the First World War
Women War Reporters of the First World War
This project sheds fresh light on the history of women in journalism by focusing on the largely forgotten role of female war reporters during the First World War. These women came from a variety of belligerent and neutral countries and reported from war theatres in different parts of the world. They published their accounts and… Continue reading Women War Reporters of the First World War