The German Press and Poland

By 1939 the German newspapers were essentially just a government mouthpiece. And whatever the government in Berlin wanted to be printed would be printed. This makes an analysis of what various newspapers were focusing on, an important topic of study. One of the ways that the German government would go about moving towards focusing on Poland was by influencing the content put out by the German press. The French ambassador in Warsaw from April 7th wrote: "I point out as very typical the abrupt change"