“FREEDOM CALLING”

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3665, 8 February 1940, Page 8

“FREEDOM CALLING”

GERMAN RADIO MYSTERY THOUSANDS OF “REPORTERS” One of the greatest mysteries of the war—the story of the German Freedom broadcasting station—is the subject of a booklet. For three years the Gestapo have conducted a relentless hunt for the station and its team, yet it continues to broadcast unhindered. The author of the booklet, “Freedom Calling,” who describes himself as the “representative in Great Britain of the freedom Station,” writes: “Thousands of voluntary helpers keep the station, informed, and up to date, and sent in ‘hot’ news. There is no Broadcasting House. Its technical stall consists of three or four people, but its contributors number thousands. It has the greatest reporting stair in the world.” This suggests that the station is mobile, and evidently the Nazis have the same idea, for one day all cars leading to Berlin were stopped. A few days later all furniture vans in Wurttemberg were held up. Then, people noticed a sudden increase in the numbed of police boats on the Rhine—barges were stopped and searched. Still the broadcasters evaded capture.