Signal(magazine)

This article is about the German publication. For the modern US-based publication, seeAFCEA § SIGNAL Magazine.

Signal

Logo of the magazine
Type	Propaganda publication
Format	Biweekly magazine
Owner(s)	Wehrmacht
Publisher	Deutscher Verlagon behalf ofWehrmacht Propaganda Troops
Founded	April 1940
Language	26 European languages
Ceased publication	April 1945
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Circulation	2,500,000 (1943)

Signalwas a magazine published by theWehrmachtofNazi Germanyfrom 1940 through 1945.

Summary

Signalwas an illustrated photo journal and armypropagandatool,meant specifically for audiences in neutral, allied, and occupied countries. A German edition was distributed in Switzerland,Axiscountries, and German-occupied Europe, butSignalwas never distributed in Germany proper.

The journal was published byUllstein Verlagand characterized by an outstanding print quality for the time. Each issue contained several (mostly eight) color pages, which was very unusual at the time.

The promoter of the magazine was the chief of theWehrmacht Propaganda Troops,ColonelHasso von Wedel.Signalwas published fortnightly (plus some special issues) in as many as 25 editions and 30 languages, and at its height had a circulation of 2,500,000 copies. It was available in the United States in English until December 1941. The last number was 6/45, only known in one sample from the Swedish edition.

Wehrmachttroops viewing issues of Signal at a newspaper stand in Palermo, Sicily, 1943

See also

• Der Adler- Luftwaffe equivalent
• Kriegsmarine- German Navy equivalent
• Die Wehrmacht- Covering all the armed services

Further reading

• Media related toSignal (magazine)at Wikimedia Commons
• Sara Krolewski,"The Enemy as Sociologist",Cabinet27 April 2021
• Rainer Rutz:"Signal". Eine deutsche Auslandsillustrierte als Propagandainstrument im Zweiten WeltkriegKlartext, Essen 2007.ISBN978-3-89861-720-8(German)
• Klaus-Richard Böhme, Bosse Schön:SignalNazitysklands Propaganda i Sverige 1941–45, Bokförlaget DN, Stockholm 2005.ISBN91-7588-540-9(Swedish)