lunes, 3 de octubre de 2011

The people's receiver or Volksempfänger

Created under desing of  Walter Maria Kersting and shown during 1933 in Berlin, the radio model VE 301 was the idea of Joseph Goebbels to arrive to all the german houses broadcasting nazi thoughts.Under a price of 76 reichmarks and made in bakelit was designed to capture only local radio stations and not the BBC.The most expensive model get the name of the local cities to capture their local frecuencies but never others.Listen foreing broadcasts was a crime in nazi Germany and in some places like Poland only geman citizens can listen a radio.During Goebbels birthday nazi goverment gift 500 radios to the population.Today s price 300-400 US dollars.







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