The dispersion of radio propaganda in the territory of the occupied Serbia in the second World War

Abstract

The paper reconstructs the actions of the Serbian Government of National Salvation in the field of the organization of the propaganda in the occupied Serbia during WWII. The occupation authorities intended to achieve the tightly controlled management of the national authorities' propaganda through the Serbian Propaganda Department of the Ministerial Council Presidency. The Government of National Salvation made a great effort in the field of supervising publications, film screenings and radiophonic shows. The main points of activity of national authorities in the field of radio propaganda were subordinated to German interests. The concept of radio propaganda was analyzed, as well as the German organization of the propaganda censorship apparatus and its influence on the work of the Serbian Propaganda Department in the field of radio propaganda. The content of the radio program and the activities of Radio Belgrade under German occupation were analyzed together with the example of the activities of the collaborationist authorities in the field of radio propaganda.