Gareth Jones: On Assignment in Nazi Germany 1933-34 - Couverture souple

Gamache, Ray

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860571484 ISBN 13 : 9781860571480

Editeur : Welsh Academic Press, 2021

Synopsis

'Based on available documentation, that Jones had a deep, abiding love of Germany is obvious. However, to twist events of his life into a narrative in which his reporting of mass starvation is represented as collusion with the Nazi propaganda ministry is ultimately to deny the suffering of those Ukrainians who needlessly perished.' Ray Gamache

Since Gareth Jones's historic press conference in Berlin in 1933 when he became the first journalist to reveal the existence and extent of the Holodomor, a Soviet-induced famine in Ukraine in which over four million people died, Jones and his professional reputation have been the focus of a determined campaign by those who deny the famine ever happened.

Attempts to destroy Jones's character, which would de facto undermine the reliability of his reports of the Holodomor, have increased in recent years following global recognition of, and acclaim for, the importance of his work.

Citing his professional connections with the Nazis, including:

Flying on Hitler's plane on the day he became German Chancellor

Having a front row seat at a Nazi rally in Frankfurt

Noting that he enjoyed a private dinner with Goebbels

Having several acquaintances who later took key roles in the Third Reich

His 1935 obituary in a Nazi paper which stated Jones was 'one of us'

and his self-confessed love of Germany, speaking fluent German, and making annual visits from 1925-35, there have been a number of accusations that Jones was, in fact, a Nazi sympathiser and fascist collaborator.

In this groundbreaking new study, Ray Gamache, an acknowledged expert on Gareth Jones and the reporting of the Holodomor, thoroughly examines Jones's extensive notebooks, letters, articles and speeches to investigate these claims.

In Gareth Jones - On Assignment in Nazi Germany 1933-34, Gamache provides a compelling narrative which refutes claims of Jones's Nazi sympathies, stating: 'That he encountered some of the most impactful historical figures and events of the 1930s is beyond dispute, and his reporting of those events offers considerable insight into what responsible journalism looked like at that time.'

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ray Gamache was Assistant Professor of Journalism in the Dept of Mass Communications at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is now retired and lives in South Portland, Maine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Welsh Academic Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860571484
• ISBN 13: 9781860571480
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible