Language:
English
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Angaben zur Quelle:
18,3 (1998) 353-373
Keywords:
British Broadcasting Corporation
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Mass media and the Holocaust
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Jews History 1939-1945
Abstract:
For a long time, during World War II, the BBC Hungarian Service avoided broadcasting on Jewish issues lest it be identified with Jews. After the Nazi occupation of Hungary in 1944, it changed its attitude and devoted much time to coverage of the situation of Hungarian Jewry. Its broadcasts contained reports on events, warnings addressed to Hungary's rulers, and appeals to the Hungarian people to sabotage the genocide, help Jews, and thereby recover Hungarian national honor. However, the BBC Hungarian Service failed to influence events in Hungary or to save any lives. Following the directives of the Political Warfare Service, it avoided stressing Jewish issues, as well as broadcasting news that had no definite confirmation (like gassings of deportees). The appeals for Hungarian-Jewish brotherhood came too late, and many other broadcasts were ill-timed.
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