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The actual date of this episode is 1943-07-28. For technical reasons, it shows up incorrectly above.
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Dramatization of the occupation of Norway. Men on a ship endure terrible conditions and talk about their sufferings. A woman is introduced to a class of children and dedicates their learning to all the souls of Norway
Concludes with an update of the week's war activities by Matthew Gordon, Chief of the Foreign Service Division of the Office of War Information. People in Denmark protest Nazi occupation and Nazis take prisoners and shoot people. Unrest in occupied France. Events in Bulgaria. Swiss reports of black market in munitions.
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Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 71148
Municipal archives id: LT4031
About This is Our Enemy
Office of War Information radio docudrama series describing the activities of the Axis powers.
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