The Undivided Sky : The Holocaust on East and West German Radio in the 1960s

Radio was one of the major weapons used in the Cold War and The Undivided Sky gives a lively and comprehensive account of radio programming and audience responses in the divided Germany of the 1960s by looking at the reportage of major war-crimes trials of the time, issues of the Holocaust and German national identity. "This book is an examination of German media attempts to deal with the recent past at a time of heightened Cold War tensions, focusing on East and West German radio broadcasts around the time of the first Auschwitz Trial in 1963. It highlights reportage on the trial and the ideological interpretations of the Holocaust used by broadcasters"--Provided by publisher. Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements * Preface * Introduction * Radio and Modernity * Radio and the Holocaust -- * Radio and the Auschwitz * Radio and Memory * Radio and History * Conclusion