Radio treason : the trials of Lord Haw-Haw, the British voice of Nazi Germany / Rebecca West ; with a foreward by Katie Roiphe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Rebecca, 1892-1983, author.

Contributor:

Roiphe, Katie, writer of foreword.

Series:

McNally editions ; no. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joyce, William, 1906-1946--Trials, litigation, etc.

Joyce, William.

World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Nazi propaganda--History.

Nazi propaganda.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 175 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : McNally Editions, 2025.

Summary:

"In 1945, The New Yorker commissioned star reporter Rebecca West to cover the London trial of William Joyce, who stood accused by the British government of aiding the Third Reich. Captured by British forces in Germany, Joyce was alleged to have hosted a radio program, Germany Calling, devoted to Nazi propaganda and calls for a British surrender. The legal case against Joyce (known as "Lord Haw-Haw" for his supposedly posh accent) proved to be tenuous and full of uncertainties. Yet each new piece of evidence added to West's timeless portrait of a social reject who turned to the far right, who rose through the ranks without ever being liked, and who sought validation through a set of shared hatreds--of elites, of communists, and especially of Jews"--Front flap.

ISBN:

9781946022806

1946022802

OCLC:

1477320782