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''Signal'' was a magazine published by the
"The Enemy as Sociologist"
''Cabinet'' 27 April 2021 * Rainer Rutz: ''"Signal". Eine deutsche Auslandsillustrierte als Propagandainstrument im Zweiten Weltkrieg'' Klartext, Essen 2007. (German) * Klaus-Richard Böhme, Bosse Schön: ''Signal'' Nazitysklands Propaganda i Sverige 1941–45, Bokförlaget DN, Stockholm 2005. (Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Signal 1940 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Biweekly magazines published in Germany Defunct political magazines published in Germany Defunct German-language magazines Magazines established in 1940 Magazines disestablished in 1945 Magazines published in Berlin Nazi magazines Propaganda newspapers and magazines
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...
of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
from 1940 through 1945.
Summary
''Signal'' was an illustrated photo journal and armypropaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...
tool, meant specifically for audiences in neutral, allied, and occupied countries. A German edition was distributed in Switzerland, Axis
An axis (: axes) may refer to:
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** Coordinate axis of a coordinate system
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countries, and German-occupied Europe, but ''Signal'' was never distributed in Germany proper.
The journal was published by Ullstein Verlag
The ''Ullstein Verlag'' was founded by Leopold Ullstein in 1877 at Berlin and is one of the largest publishing companies of Germany. It published newspapers like '' B.Z.'' and '' Berliner Morgenpost'' and books through its subsidiaries ''Ullstei ...
and characterized by an outstanding print quality for the time. Each issue contained several (mostly eight) color pages, which was very unusual at the time.
The promoter of the magazine was the chief of the Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops, Colonel Hasso von Wedel. ''Signal'' was published fortnightly (plus some special issues) in as many as 25 editions and 30 languages, and at its height had a circulation of 2,500,000 copies. It was available in the United States in English until December 1941. The last number was 6/45, only known in one sample from the Swedish edition.
See also
* '' Der Adler'' - Luftwaffe equivalent * ''Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official military branch, branche ...
'' - German Navy equivalent
* '' Die Wehrmacht'' - Covering all the armed services
References
Further reading
* * Sara Krolewski"The Enemy as Sociologist"
''Cabinet'' 27 April 2021 * Rainer Rutz: ''"Signal". Eine deutsche Auslandsillustrierte als Propagandainstrument im Zweiten Weltkrieg'' Klartext, Essen 2007. (German) * Klaus-Richard Böhme, Bosse Schön: ''Signal'' Nazitysklands Propaganda i Sverige 1941–45, Bokförlaget DN, Stockholm 2005. (Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Signal 1940 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Biweekly magazines published in Germany Defunct political magazines published in Germany Defunct German-language magazines Magazines established in 1940 Magazines disestablished in 1945 Magazines published in Berlin Nazi magazines Propaganda newspapers and magazines