German Little Set
Radio
1933 (designed), 1938 (made)
1933 (designed), 1938 (made)
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This small, cheap 'Bakelite' radio, known as the Deutscher Kleinempfänger ('German Little Set') or Volkesempfänger ('People's set'), was the brainchild of Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels. The model was comissioned from a conglomerate of radio manufacturers by the Ministry of Propaganda to supplement the larger Volkesempfänger VE301W (V&A W.7-2005). The receiver was constructed to receive only broadcasts from German stations. More than 3 million were produced before the outbreak of the Second World War when radio manufacturing switched to military contracts. So widespread were these radios, and so far reaching was Nazi propaganda, that they received another nickname: Goebbels Schnauze ('Big Mouth').
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| Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded phenol-formaldehyde resin ('Bakelite'), valves and electrical components
Possible asbestos |
| Brief description | model Deutscher Kleinempfanger; German 1938 des. 1933 man. Saba-Radio |
| Physical description | Valves and black Bakelite case |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Gallery label | DEUTHSCHER KLEINEMFÄNGER [GERMAN SMALL RECEIVER]
Designed 1933
Made by Saba-Radio Villingen, Scwarzwald, Germany, 1938
Valves; Bakelite case
W.25-1992
Three million of this cheaply produced small receiver were sold between 1933 and 1939. It was also known as the Volkesempfänger [the People's set]. Along with a larger sister model, it was commissioned from radio companies by order of the German Ministry of Propaganda.(1992) |
| Object history | This set was recommended for inclusion in the Twentieth Century Gallery radio display by a member of the Outside Advisory Team, 1992. |
| Historical context | This and a larger model were commissioned from radio companies by order of the German Ministry of Propaganda. |
| Summary | This small, cheap 'Bakelite' radio, known as the Deutscher Kleinempfänger ('German Little Set') or Volkesempfänger ('People's set'), was the brainchild of Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels. The model was comissioned from a conglomerate of radio manufacturers by the Ministry of Propaganda to supplement the larger Volkesempfänger VE301W (V&A W.7-2005). The receiver was constructed to receive only broadcasts from German stations. More than 3 million were produced before the outbreak of the Second World War when radio manufacturing switched to military contracts. So widespread were these radios, and so far reaching was Nazi propaganda, that they received another nickname: Goebbels Schnauze ('Big Mouth'). |
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| Accession number | W.25-1992 |
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| Record created | February 8, 2008 |
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