Rundfunkhaus was a radio station based in Berlin. It was used for broadcasting Nazi propaganda by the Ministry of Propaganda.
Broadcasters included: Name Previous Occupation DetailsProsecution Alias/ Pseudonym/ Nickname John Amery film producerDeath sentence at the Central Criminal Court for high treason, executed December 1945Norman Baillie-Stewartsoldier (former) - subaltern in the Seaforth HighlandersFive years' penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence Regulations"Sinister Sam" (possibly)Nazi Wireless Propaganda: Lord Haw-Haw and British Public Opinion in the Second World War, Edinburgh University Press, 2000, page 13Leonard Banningteacher in Germany at the outbreak of warTen yearsSean Murphy, Letting the Side Down: British Traitors of the Second World War, Stroud, 2006."John Brown" and "William Brown" Margaret Frances Bothamley"member of the Ealing Branch of the pre-war pro-Nazi group The Link'She ... stayed [in Germany in September 1939], broadcasting Nazi propaganda alongside William Joyce.''She was tried in March 1946 but, unlike Joyce, she was only handed down a year's imprisonment.The Trial of William JoyceDepositions - CRIM 1/1763Edward Salvin BowlbyLiving in Budapest at the outbreak of war, where he hoped to start at language schoolHome Office file HO 45/25789 Dominions Office file - DO 130/74 Not prosecuted - partly because he had been born in IrelandBroadcast under his own nameElsa Gertrude BrietzmannDual national - British and German - lived in Germany from 1923Bound over for two years at the Central Criminal Court Depositions - CRIM 1/1764Arthur Chapplesoldier - Sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps - mobilised Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes manager.Adrian Weale, Renegades, Random House, Kindle Edition, 12 November 2014.One of a group of 'Service renegades [who had] been employed in editing, writing scripts, and broadcasting for the enemy, and in certain cases the same men [were] also employed in journalism. The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/44315 years' imprisonment, which was later reduced to 10 yearsNational Archives Court-martial papers - WO 71/1133"Lang"James ClarkeschoolboyBound over for two years at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence RegulationsDepositions - CRIM 1/1736William Colledge alias Wintersoldier - member of the North Somerset Yeomanry'continued to broadcast until 1943.' Special Investigation Branch, Royal Air Force - Statement of ActivitiesNational Archives Court-martial papers - WO 71/1131 - penal servitude for life"Winter"Roderick Anton Eduard Dietzebroadcaster born in Glasgow of a mixed German-British-Hungarian family background, - "son of a German father and Scottish mother ... in the early 1930s he became the BBC's commentator in Berlin"The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/428"in view of his nationality, it was decided not to prosecute him as a renegade"Patrick Joseph DillonMerchant Seaman - Fireman on SS Brisbane - "taken prisoner in 1940 after his ship was sunk"Home Office file - HO 45/25815 The National Archives Security Service files KV 2/434 - 436 - Ten years' penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence Regulations Depositions - CRIM 1/1732"Patrick Callaghan"Frances Dorothy Eckersleywife of Edward ClarkOne year's hard labour at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence RegulationsDepositions - CRIM 1/1736Benson Railton Metcalf FreemanRAF flying officer - No. 16 Squadron RAFAlso served in the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/631Ten years penal servitude and cashiered National Archives Court-martial papers - AIR 18/27N/A - scriptwriterCharles Patrick GilbertMoved to Germany from the Channel Islands in 1940Home Office - HO 45/25833 The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/442 Nine months' prison sentence - Depositions - CRIM 1/1783"Kenneth James"Donald Alexander Fraser Granttravelling salesman - on an exchange trip when war broke outThe National Archives Security Service file KV 2/424 - 425Six months imprisonment - Depositions - CRIM 1/1833"Derrick Grant", "Donald Palmer", "Jock Palmer", et al., as well as his own name "Donald Grant"; dubbed: "Scotland's Lord Haw-Haw"William Humphrey Griffithssoldier - Guardsman in the Welsh GuardsOne of a group of 'Service renegades [who had] been employed in editing, writing scripts, and broadcasting for the enemy, and in certain cases the same men [were] also employed in journalism.Seven years penal servitudeNational Archives Court-martial papers - WO 71/1110Gerald Percy Sandys Hewittteacher of languagesa British citizen who lived most of his life in Paris and had been associated with Action Française. The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/426 - 427Twelve years penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence Regulations Depositions - CRIM 1/1658"Smith"Susan Dorothea Mary Therese Hilton"member pre-war of the British Union of Fascists, she was twice shipwrecked before detention in France in Autumn, 1940." Possibly the 'Plain Lady' captured by the German commerce raider Atlantis when it sank the passenger ship Kemmendine. Ulrich More, first officer of the Atlantis, says that after she had left the ship the crew learned that she was Irish and worked with William Joyce. The second shipwreck would be the Norwegian Tirranna, a prize of Atlantis, sunk by the British submarine HMS Tuna while carrying Kemmendine's passengers and crew to German-occupied Europe.Worked in Irland-Redaktion. The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/423 - "Soon released, she worked for the German propaganda service as a broadcaster and scriptwriter until 1943, when she moved to Austria. Interned in August 1944 at her own request"18 months' imprisonment for aiding the enemyDepositions - CRIM 1/1745Cyril Charles Hoskinssoldier - King's Royal Rifle CorpsThe principal speaker and writer of the 'Christian Peace Movement'. This purported to be the output of an underground organization of pacifists agitating against British involvement in an immoral war.Raymond Davies HughesRAF warrant officer - Air gunner"he was shot down over Germany and imprisoned. He aided the enemy in various ways including broadcasting propaganda." - see The National Archives Security Service files KV 2/262 and KV 2/263National Archives - German documents - AIR 40/2298"In 1945 he was court martialled, sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and reduced to the ranks." National Archives Court-martial papers - AIR 18/26"John Baker", "George Becker", "Raymond Sharples" Reginald Arthur Humphriesteacher in Germany at the outbreak of war (according to his The National Archives Security Service file) or seaman on HMS Royal Arthur (shore establishment), Skegness "he was interned and made broadcasts from Germany from 1943 onwards under the names, 'Father Donovan' and 'Jeffries'." - see The National Archives Security Service file KV 2/258 and Home Office file HO 45/25796 "Aiding Enemy Charges." Times, London, England, 2 Nov. 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Apr. 2017."Committals On Charges Of Aiding Enemy." Times, London, England, 15 Nov. 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.Five years' penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence Regulations Depositions - CRIM 1/1739"Father Donovan"Lewis Barrington (Barry) Payne JonesSee An Illustrated Dictionary of the Third Reich, by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage, P 141 Home Office file HO 45/25786 The National Archives Security Service files KV 2/632 to 633"After his arrest in April 1945 he claimed to have adopted German nationality in 1939 and he was therefore not prosecuted"Margaret JoyceWife of William JoyceThe National Archives Security Service file KV 2/253Not prosecuted - naturalised as a German citizen in 1940Broadcast under her real name from 1942William JoyceDirector of Propaganda of the British Union of FascistsDeath sentence at the Central Criminal Court for high treason, executed January 1946"Lord Haw-Haw"Kenneth Vincent Landerteacher at Hermann Lietz Schule, Schloss Bieberstein, near Fulda, Germany at the outbreak of warHome Office file - HO 45/25827 - broadcast for the New British Broadcasting Service'Let go with a warning as to [his] future conduct.John Lingshaw Salvation Army social worker on JerseyFive years' penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court for offences under the Defence Regulations Depositions - CRIM 1/1759Francis Paul Matonsoldier - Corporal in the Royal ArtilleryThe National Archives Security Service file KV 2/264Court martialled in 1945, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for voluntarily aiding the enemy.KV 2/264 National Archives Court-martial papers - WO 71/1117Martin James MontiUnited States Army Air Force pilot 25 years in prison at Leavenworth Penitentiary for treason. - paroled in 1960Professor :de:Ludwig MühlhausenProfessor of Celtic languages at Frederick William University, BerlinLiam MullallyO'Reilly, Terence Hitler's Irishmen, pages 115-7 - 2008 Not prosecuted - Irish citizenJohn O'ReillyIrish seasonal worker stranded on JerseyO'Reilly, Terence Hitler's Irishmen, page 55 - 2008 Irish section of German radio - Irland-RedaktionO'Reilly, Terence Hitler's Irishmen, page 82 - 2008 Taken into Garda Síochána custody on 17 December 1943 - 'effectively interned' ...in the military prison at Arbour Hill in Dublin ... until the end of the warO'Reilly, Terence Hitler's Irishmen, pages 176, 179, 181 - 2008 "Pat O'Brien", then under his own nameWilliam James Edward PercivalAir correspondent - travelled to Berlin and Cologne in late August 1939 to write on German aviation industryThe National Archives Security Service file KV 2/429 - Home Office file - HO 45/25781Ralph PowellTeacher (language) in the NetherlandsTranslator and newsreader in the German Foreign MinistryNot prosecuted - "claimed that he was forced to work for the Nazis by threats of reprisals against his German wife's family"Suzanne Louise Provost-BoothWas living in France when it was overrun by the Germans in 1940Home Office file - HO 45/25806"Mrs Evans" Roy Walter PurdyMerchant Navy officer, serving as a sub lieutenant in the Royal Navy on an emergency commission propaganda broadcaster and informer at Colditz "reprieved on the grounds that [he] had been [a follower] in treason rather than [a leader] ... released from prison ... in December 1954" - died in 1982. Security Service files on him are held by the National Archives under references KV 2/259 to KV 2/261.Death sentence at the Central Criminal Court for high treason Depositions - CRIM 1/1738(1946) 10 JCL 182 - reprieved Central Criminal Court- Pardon - released 1954"Pointer"Ronald Spillmansoldier - lance-corporalOne of a group of 'Service renegades [who had] been employed in editing, writing scripts, and broadcasting for the enemy, and in certain cases the same men [were] also employed in journalism. The National Archives Security Service files KV 2/437 to KV 2/438Seven years penal servitudeNational Archives Court-martial papers - WO 71/1112Vivian StrandersRAF Captain (permission to retain rank withdrawn, 1933)London Gazette, 5 September 1933, Page 5803, Issue 33975 previously Lieutenant, Kent Fortress Royal Engineers,London Gazette, 19 September 1913, Page 6633, Issue 28757 (deprived of rank of lieutenant, 1933)London Gazette, 11 August 1933, Page 5349, Issue 33968"broadcast on the English Section"Not prosecuted - had been naturalized as a German citizen in 1933 Francis StuartLecturer in English and Irish literature at Berlin University Not prosecuted - Irish citizenJack Trevor (né Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane)actorR v Steane The National Archives Security Service files KV 2/622 to 624Three years' imprisonment but the sentence was quashed on appeal as he was held to be acting under duress.Pearl Vardonteacher on Jersey Nine months imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for offences under