Service Central Book Depot

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According to the Ministry of Information, over 7 million books were wanted by the over 7 million books were wanted by the Service Central Book Depot by the end of 1944.

"Good modern fiction is most urgently needed. The books we receive together with new books bought by the government are sorted by experts into field instituted libraries which we want to establish wherever they are needed. 75% of these books are fiction but they also include books on current affairs, reference and encyclopaedia's and so on. These Libraries have already been set up in Europe and even most isolated units receive books just as they are supplied with rations. We've got books to be dropped by parachute, we besieged Malta by submarine. If you happen to go by plane or submarine all you do is to hand over as many books or magazines to your Post Office, it's not necessary to wrap, stamp or address them and you can be sure that they will reach the services and will they be welcome. Don't do it just once, keep it up regularly."

Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. - Black Book ('40)

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The Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. ("Special Search List Great Britain") was a secret list of prominent British residents to be arrested, produced in 1940 by the SS as part of the preparation for the proposed invasion of Britain codenamed Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion). After the war, the list became known as The Black Book.

The information was prepared by the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) under Reinhard Heydrich. Later, SS-Oberführer Walter Schellenberg claimed in his memoirs that he had compiled the list, starting at the end of June 1940. It contained 2,820 names of people, including British nationals and European exiles, who were to be immediately arrested by SS Einsatzgruppen upon the invasion, occupation, and annexation of Great Britain to the Third Reich. Abbreviations after each name indicated whether the individual was to be detained by RSHA Amt IV (the Gestapo) or Amt VI (Ausland-SD, Foreign Intelligence).

The list was printed as a supplement or appendix to the secret Informationsheft G.B. handbook, which Schellenberg also claimed to have written. This handbook noted opportunities for looting, and named potentially dangerous anti-Nazi institutions including Masonic lodges, the Church of England and the Boy Scouts. On 17 September 1940, SS-Brigadeführer Dr Franz Six was designated to a position in London where he would implement the post-invasion arrests and actions against institutions, but on the same day, Hitler postponed the invasion indefinitely. In September 1945, at the end of the war, the list was discovered in Berlin. Reporting included the reactions of some of the people listed.

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When told the previous day that they were on the Gestapo's list, Lady Astor ("enemy of Germany") said "It is the complete answer to the terrible lie that the so-called 'Cliveden Set' was pro-Fascist", while Lord Vansittart [best remembered for his opposition to appeasement and his strong stance against Germany during and after the WW2] said "The German black-list might indicate to some of those who now find themselves on it that their views, divergent from mine, were somewhat misplaced. Perhaps it will be an eye-opener to them", and the cartoonist David Low said "That is all right. I had them on my list too."

Being included on the list was considered a mark of honour. Noël Coward recalled that, on learning of the book, Rebecca West sent him a telegram saying "My dear—the people we should have been seen dead with."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Book .

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Song of London (1953)

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"Researching our content featuring Vera Lynn last week I stumbled upon this lovely film. It's much longer than a normal British Movietone newsreel item, I wonder if it was shown in cinemas as a short? As London prepares to emerge from lockdown, this film reminds me of all that is beautiful about my city. It is so sumptuous, I would bet good money that this was filmed by ace Movietone cameraman Paul Wyand." (location details)

Soviet TV, Radio

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Speeches - Good, Bad, Ugly

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Societal Manipulation 

24-6-28 [Dialectic Reflexivity: Inducing Self-Fulfilling Outcomes] - New Discourses > .

Words and delivery can combine to galvanize an audience, creating 'I remember where I was when' moments. JFK- Brandenburg Gate and Martin Luther King - Lincoln Memorial provide unforgettable examples. This collection of classic speech excerpts contains inspiring orations to the noblest endeavors and some of the most despicable speeches ever. Hitler, Churchill, Hirohito, Gandhi, Nixon, Obama...

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And lest anyone forget the height of RepuGNican malevolence: cognitively-challenged DUHnocchio hypocritically and inaccurately vilifying Mexicans.