- Author:
Marek Żejmo
- Year of publication:
2015
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
185-209
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/hso150210
- PDF:
hso/9/hso910.pdf
- License:
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative
Commons Attribution license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
Plans for the Anschluss of Switzerland during the Second World War
Since 1933, when Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany, to the end of World War II the independence of Switzerland was constantly threatened. Nazi propaganda from the beginning talked about the unification of the German peoples under the banners of the Third Reich. However, Swiss neutrality gave the Germans such great material benefits that it ultimately stopped them before the execution of the annexation plans.
- Author:
Kacper Awzan
- E-mail:
kacper.awzan@amu.edu.pl
- Institution:
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej Oddział w Poznaniu, Szkoła Doktorska Nauk Humanistycznych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9158-1928
- Year of publication:
2023
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
7-25
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ksm20230101
- PDF:
ksm/37/ksm3701.pdf
My case study examines an issue of Slovak occupation of the northern parts of Spisz and Orava regions in years 1939–1945 in the narration of the „Nový svet” – weekly newspaper. Slovak Army`s participation in invasion of Poland in September 1939 was an important topic for press all over that new country. Media platforms were informing their readers about military successes and diplomatic arrangements. In the article I analyse the process of creating propaganda narrative about attack, annexation and then administration over the conquered lands. The weekly was richly illustrated, so I write about role of the text as well as the picture. It should be remembered that many Slovaks were still illiterate at that time. The article considers if the narration has changed over the years.
