Mildred gillars was an aspiring actress who, through a combination of bad luck and bad. Full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. Gillars known to her audience as axis sally was an american broadcaster employed by the third reich in nazi germany to increase propaganda during the second world war. She got a job broadcasting nazi propaganda in an englishlanguage program for the nazi government during the war, becoming known to gis as axis sally. She served time as a traitor at alderson prison in west virginia upon return to the united states. Born mildred elizabeth sisk in portland, maine, she took the surname gillars in 1911 after her mother remarried.
The american voice of nazi germany by richard lucas. In 1918, she enrolled at ohio wesleyan university to study dramatic arts, but left without graduating she then moved to greenwich village, new york city, where she worked in various lowskilled jobs to finance drama. Opening with the sound of a train whistle, home sweet home attempted to exploit the. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. A new book by richard lucas portrays gillars as a deeply flawed but fascinating woman who lived on. Axis sally indicted 1948 today in history 10 sept 17. At 16, she moved to conneaut, ohio, with her family. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Sunday morning looks back at the life of mildred gillars. Mildred gillars paid a price for the fame she craved so desperately. Mildred gillars aka axis sally hitlers american voice. Ohiobred axis sallys journey from nazi propagandist to. Following her capture in postwar berlin, she became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the united states. In september 1939, when germany went to war with great britain, the nazi propaganda office run by joseph goebbels immediately embarked on a program of beaming wartime propaganda in english to places it could be heard by british, australian and canadian citizens. During world war ii her voice became known to many thousands of u.
Contentsshow biography born mildred elizabeth sisk in portland, maine, she took the name mildred gillars as a small child after her mother remarried. Gillars, who died saturday, had moved here after her release in. Shortwave radio enthusiast lucas carefully chronicles the life of mildred gillars, known to american gis during wwii as axis sally, in this first fulllength biography of the infamous radio propagan. On this day in 1945, mildred gillars made her final radio broadcast. Ones media axis sally otr1cd axissally old time radio 1 cdrom 7 mp3 total playtime. Mildred elizabeth gillars november 29, 1900 june 25, 1988, nicknamed axis sally along. The rejection left mildred with an underlying distrust of male acceptance and love. Mildred gillars, 87, axis sally during war the new york. Mildred elizabeth gillars november 29, 1900 june 25, 1988, nicknamed axis sally along with rita zucca, was an american broadcaster employed by nazi germany to disseminate propaganda during world war ii. Mildred benson mildred augustine wirt benson july 10, 1905 may 28, 2002 was an american journalist and author of childrens books.
Shortwave radio enthusiast lucas carefully chronicles the life of mildred gillars, known to american gis during wwii as axis sally, in this first. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library. Arrested in berlin in 1947, she was returned to the us and charged with treason. She was born mildred elizabeth sisk, but after her parents divorce, she assumed her stepfathers surname, becoming mildred.
Infobox person mildred gillars november 29, 1900 june 25, 1988 was a female radio personality during world war ii, best known for her propaganda broadcasts for nazi germany. Convicted in 1949, she was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Her parents, vincent sisk and mae hewitson sisk, were divorced in 1907, and a few years later mildred s mother married a dentist, dr. Listen to the audio pronunciation of mildred gillars on pronouncekiwi. Mildred elizabeth gillars, ganet dan 29 a viz du 1900 hag aet da anaon dar 25 a viz even 1988, lesanvet axis sally, a oa gant rita zucca, ur ginnigerez radio stadunanat o labourat evit an alamagn nazi. Mildred elizabeth gillars, nicknamed axis sally along with rita zucca, was an american broadcaster employed by nazi germany to disseminate propaganda during world war ii. An american woman named mildred gillars broadcast nazi propaganda during world war ii. Find out more about six world war ii broadcasters who used the radio waves as a weapon. Photo, print, drawing mildred gillars, axis sally, fulllength portrait, seated on cot, smoking cigarette, in u. American woman mildred gillars, nicknamed axis sally for the prominent role she played broadcasting nazi propaganda during world war two, was born on the 29 th of november, 1900 born in maine, but moving to ohio as a child, gillars moved to germany to study in 1934, and then later obtained work as an english teacher in berlin. Here is one of mildred gillarss broadcasts, from may 1943. Having grown up in the united states, in 1934 gillars moved to germany to pursue a career in music. Gillars didnt know it at the time, but american authorities had gotten wind of her broadcasts. Mildred gillars was born at the beginning of the 20th century.
Mildred gillars as axis sally my country right or wrong. Mildred bangs wynkoop mildred olive bangs wynkoop born september 9, 1905 in seattle, washington, died may 21, 1997 in lenexa, kansas was an ordained minister in the church of the nazarene, who served as. The last part of the book details what happened to gillars after the war. She became one of the most hated women in america for her radio propaganda broadcasts on behalf of germany during world war ii. Posts about mildred gillars written by sonya heaney. From that time on the child was known as mildred gillars.
Mildred gillars aka axis sally by mary lynn bushong. Mildred gillars, nicknamed axis sally along with rita zucca, was an american broadcaster employed by the third reich in nazi germany to disseminate propaganda during world war ii. The story plunges the viewer into the dark underbelly of the third reichs hatefilled propaganda machine, sallys eventual capture. Lucas, doing promotional work for his new book on the infamous american. This talentless girl from the midwest became the voice of nazi germany. January 25, 2020 steve appears on a podcasting panel for the nj content creators meetup slider december 16, 2019 lmcs news division, sbn, produces video and audio podcast from 1219 njspotlight roundtable on electric vehicles in nj conference and seminar videos. She broadcast vile propaganda that is eerily similar to cindy sheehan rant that the war is being fought to benefit the israel. Mildred elizabeth gillars november 29, 1900 june 25, 1988, nicknamed axis sally along with rita zucca, was an american broadcaster employed by the third reich in nazi germany to proliferate propaganda during world war ii. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. She was convicted of treason by the united states in 1949.
This sound recording of a berlin broadcast to allied forces contained the war news report surpassing the enemys head start by reich propaganda minister joseph goebbels. Weekly reading books create weekly reading books prepare for an entire week at once. As you know, the above named subject has been captured in berlin according to news reports. Mildred gillars, american citizen who was a radio propagandist for the nazi government during world war ii. While in germany, she fell in love with the wrong man and wound up peddling nazi propaganda on the radio as axis sally. After her parents divorced, her mother remarried, and she took her stepfathers name gillars.
On this day final broadcast of mildred gillars axis. On september 10, 1948, americanborn mildred gillars, the nazi wartime radio broadcaster known as axis sally, was indicted in washington, d. How she got to that point is the subject of the first part of the book. Wwii news and related sound files from 1943 audio book. Historian richard lucas, a shortwave radio enthusiast, talked about the life of mildred gillars and how the americanborn radio performer became employed by the nazis during world war ii and known. Codepink women among those arrested speaking out at. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Gillars, nicknamed axis sally by american soldiers in world war ii for her nazi propaganda radio broadcasts, died of cancer of the colon last saturday at grant medical center in. Gillars was an aspiring actress who played minor parts in some american theatrical touring companies.
Ohiobred mildred gillars was axis sally, the american voice of nazi radio during world war ii. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Nicknamed axis sally by her american soldier listeners, she was found guilty of treason in a united states court after the war and spent twelve years in prison. World war ii antiamerican german radio personality. Failed actress mildred gillars left for europe right before world war ii. He is scum and little different from mildred gillars so it should stay there along with other traitors such as vanessa redgrave. Mildred gillars, aka axis sally, was born in maine and she fell in love with a german university professor in new york. Mildred gillars as axis sally 100 percent american girl audio. Maines mildred gillars wanted fame and she got it in wwii. This book is about the axis sally who was the mostlistenedto of those.
Mildred gillars was an aspiring actress who, through a combination of bad luck and bad judgment, found herself the most hated american of the postwar period. Convicted american traitor mildred gillars 19001988 was a radio personality who became famous during world war ii for her propaganda broadcasts for radio berlin in germany. Her parents, vincent sisk and mae hewitson sisk, were divorced in 1907, and a few years later mildreds mother married a dentist, dr. During world war ii, the allies and the axis powers. She was born mildred elizabeth sisk, but after her parents divorce, she assumed her stepfathers surname, becoming mildred gillars. She was named mildred elizabeth sisk when she was born in portland, maine, on november 29, 1900. Historian richard lucas, a shortwave radio enthusiast, talked about the life of mildred gillars and how the americanborn radio performer. As an american woman, she made propaganda broadcasts for radio berlin in nazi germany. With al pacino, thomas kretschmann, lala kent, mitch pileggi. Mildred gillars world war x wiki fandom powered by wikia. I must admit when i purchased the book i was expecting a bland biography of mildred axis sally gillars, but my curiosity of this person was strong. She was dubbed axis sally by the american gis who simultaneously loved and hated her. She was convicted of treason by the united states in 1949 following her capture in postwar berlin.
Subject was born at portland, maine, on november 29. Mildred gillars november 29, 1900 june 25, 1988, also known as axis sally was a female radio personality during world war ii, best known for her propaganda broadcasts for nazi germany. Her father, a man who turned cruel and abusive when drinking, abandoned mildred on her 7th birthday and never returned. They went to nazi germany where gillars transformed herself into axis sally. Axis sally brought hot jazz to the nazi propaganda machine. Mildred gillars as axis sally do you love the british. For years, the media likened the deeds of various women to axis sally without an explanation of her.
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