William Joyce

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William Joyce, infamously known as "Lord Haw-Haw," was a British fascist propagandist who broadcast Nazi radio programs to the United Kingdom during World War II.

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instanceOf fascist ⓘ
person ⓘ
propagandist ⓘ
war criminal ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
activity broadcasting Nazi propaganda to the United Kingdom ⓘ
alias Lord Haw-Haw ⓘ
arrestedBy British forces ⓘ
arrestedIn Germany ⓘ
birthDate 1906-04-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
convictedOf high treason ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1946-01-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Wandsworth Prison, London, United Kingdom ⓘ
education attended Birkbeck College, University of London ⓘ
employer Nazi Germany ⓘ
Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish ⓘ
fullName William Brooke Joyce ⓘ
genreOfActivity political propaganda ⓘ
ideology British fascism ⓘ
Nazism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalPrecedent his treason case became a leading precedent on nationality and allegiance in British law ⓘ
legalStatus stripped of British citizenship (disputed in legal proceedings) ⓘ
militaryInvolvement served in the British Army in a non-combat capacity in his youth ⓘ
movedTo Berlin ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
notableAliasExplanation Nickname "Lord Haw-Haw" was used by British listeners and media for his propaganda broadcasts ⓘ
notableEvent sentenced to death at the Old Bailey in London ⓘ
notableFor English-language radio broadcasts from Nazi Germany ⓘ
Nazi propaganda broadcasts to the United Kingdom during World War II ⓘ
notableWork Germany Calling (radio program) ⓘ
occupation propagandist ⓘ
radio broadcaster ⓘ
parentCountryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
politicalParty British Union of Fascists ⓘ
National Socialist League (UK) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Margaret Joyce ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies on propaganda and treason in World War II ⓘ
trialHeldBy United Kingdom ⓘ
workedFor German Ministry of Propaganda ⓘ

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