The presentation is about William Joyce, I found some information about him through Google.
There are some information about him:
In 1932, Joyce joined the British Union of Fascists (BUF) under Sir Oswald Mosley, and swiftly became a leading speaker, praised for his power of oratory. As well as being a gifted speaker, Joyce gained the reputation of a savage brawler. His violent rhetoric and willingness to physically confront anti-fascist elements head-on played no small part in further marginalizing the BUF.
Lord Haw-Haw was the name British listeners gave to William Joyce, a German radio propaganda broadcaster during World War II. At the height of his popularity as a Hamburg Radio announcer, drew audiences of six million with his entertaining commentary on British life each evening after the 9 o'clock news. The broadcasts always began with the announcer's words Germany calling, Germany calling, Germany calling. But there was a sinister side to his broadcasts, which sought to undermine the allied war effort, and which were worryingly well-informed.
There are some information about him:
In 1932, Joyce joined the British Union of Fascists (BUF) under Sir Oswald Mosley, and swiftly became a leading speaker, praised for his power of oratory. As well as being a gifted speaker, Joyce gained the reputation of a savage brawler. His violent rhetoric and willingness to physically confront anti-fascist elements head-on played no small part in further marginalizing the BUF.
Lord Haw-Haw was the name British listeners gave to William Joyce, a German radio propaganda broadcaster during World War II. At the height of his popularity as a Hamburg Radio announcer, drew audiences of six million with his entertaining commentary on British life each evening after the 9 o'clock news. The broadcasts always began with the announcer's words Germany calling, Germany calling, Germany calling. But there was a sinister side to his broadcasts, which sought to undermine the allied war effort, and which were worryingly well-informed.
These broadcasts urged the British people to surrender and were well known for their jeering, sarcastic and menacing tone. As Mary Kenny explained
in her brilliant biography Germany Calling, Haw-Haw had an engaging sense of humor,
which was a commodity
in rare supply on the
BBC of those grim and anxious days. BBC
broadcasting was ponderously
boring, but Joyce came across as a striking personality and Joseph Goebbels, in charge of the German propaganda effort,
described him as 'the best horse in my stable'. Margaret Joyce also gave pro-Nazi talks in English on the wireless.
With the war lost, Joyce and Margaret tried to hide, but
his popularity in Britain proved to be his undoing and British soldiers arrested him when one of them
recognized his voice. In 1945, Joyce was captured and returned to
Britain, the trial
was over in three days and the jury
found him guilty. He
was hanged in
Wandsworth Prison on
January 3rd, 1946 at the age of 39.
This is his final broadcast:
This is his final broadcast:
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