{"id":35385,"date":"2018-12-31T08:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35385"},"modified":"2018-12-31T08:24:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:24:56","slug":"david-vaughan-on-czech-radio-and-the-role-of-propaganda-leading-up-to-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/david-vaughan-on-czech-radio-and-the-role-of-propaganda-leading-up-to-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"David Vaughan on Czech radio and the role of propaganda leading up to WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Czechoslovak Radio in the mid-1930s, photo: Czech Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0John Palmer (KC8RZM), who writes:<\/p>\n

Was listening to Radio Prague yesterday evening, there was a very interesting item where author, David Vaughan, was interviewed and talked about his most recent book “Hear My Voice” a novel which deals with the lead-up to WWII and in which Czech Radio plays a part:<\/p>\n

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Click here to view on Amazon<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate link).<\/p>\n

The play, on which the novel is based, was commissioned by Czech Radio and was awarded the Czech Book readers’ award for 2015. In the interview the importance of this then new technology called radio was discussed and its influence, for good or bad, in the world at large, an interesting parallel to today’s discussion on the role of the internet and social media. From the capsule bio on the book cover his background is in languages and radio (BBC and Czech Radio).<\/p>\n

I’m sure his other book, Battle of the Airwaves: Radio and the 1938 Munich Crisis<\/a>, will be of interest to shortwave listeners:<\/p>\n

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Click here to view on Amazon<\/a> (affiliate link).<\/p>\n

From the Amazon description:<\/p>\n

“1938 was a turning point in the histories of Europe and the media. When Hitler annexed Austria and then turned his attention to Czechoslovakia, radio was at the heart of events. Battle for the Airwaves looks at the Munich crisis as it was played out on the radio stations of Czechoslovakia, Germany, Britain and the United States, and reveals just how central a role radio played in the run-up to the Munich Agreement and beyond. It is a story of propaganda and counter-propaganda, censorship and self-censorship. It is also a story of courage and innovation. Munich was a fateful step in the road to World War Two; it also marked the beginning of the age of the electronic media. Published in English and Czech in a single, illustrated, hardback volume, Battle for the Airwaves is accompanied by a CD recording of key British, Czechoslovak, German and American radio broadcasts from 1938.”<\/p>\n

Anyway, just thought the above might be of interest to others at the SWLing Post. I’d like to learn more from him on the role of radio in those early days on the events leading up to WWII. I’m probably going to check out his novel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you so much for sharing this John! I received an Amazon gift card and have already put Hear My Voice<\/em><\/a> in the cart. I look forward to reading it!<\/p>\n

I missed the live broadcast, but did find Pavla Hor\u00e1kov\u00e1’s interview with David Vaughan on the Czech Radio website<\/a>. Here’s the introduction and audio:<\/p>\n

Earlier this year the Czech Republic marked the 80th anniversary of the Munich Agreement, signed in September 1938 by the leaders of Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy, resulting in the annexation of the Sudetenland by Nazi Germany. Radio Prague\u2019s David Vaughan recently published a book in the UK titled \u201cHear My Voice\u201d, most of which is set in Czechoslovakia in the months preceding the Munich agreement. Its narrator is an interpreter for the international press corps in Prague and he watches the events of 1938 unfold in Central Europe as the atmosphere is getting tenser ahead of the outbreak of the Second World War. Pavla Hor\u00e1kov\u00e1 spoke to David Vaughan and their conversation begins with a few paragraphs from the book.<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_prague_media\/www.radio.cz\/mp3\/podcast\/en\/books\/david-vaughans-hear-my-voice-explores-the-shifting-sense-of-reality-in-the-run-up-to-ww2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download the MP3 audio of this interview.<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the full story and listen to the interview via Czech Radio\/Radio Praha.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0John Palmer (KC8RZM), who writes: Was listening to Radio Prague yesterday evening, there was a very interesting item where author, David Vaughan, was interviewed and talked about his most recent book “Hear My Voice” a novel which deals with the lead-up to WWII and in which Czech Radio plays a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,56,960,3,305,1850,288,43],"tags":[7499,7087,6447,7497,7498,7496,4119,676,1301],"class_list":["post-35385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-propaganda","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-battle-for-the-airwaves","tag-czech-radio","tag-czechoslovakia","tag-david-vaughan","tag-hear-my-voice","tag-john-palmer-kc8rzm","tag-propaganda","tag-wwii","tag-wwii-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9cJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36893,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/hear-my-voice-radios-role-in-hitlers-annexation-of-the-sudetenland\/","url_meta":{"origin":35385,"position":0},"title":"Hear My Voice: Radio’s role in Hitler’s annexation of the Sudetenland","author":"Thomas","date":"April 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In January, when I first heard about David Vaughan\u2019s book Hear My Voice, I knew then and there I would have to read it. 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