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Joyce, William Brooke, (1906-1946), fascist and Nazi propaganda broadcaster

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Alternative name(s):
  • Lord Haw Haw (Also known as)
Surname: Joyce
Forenames: William Brooke
Gender: Male
Date: 1906-1946
History: Nazi collaborator. Born in New York. Grew up in Ireland. Joined Mosley's British Union of Fascists 1933. Moved to Germany. Broadcast anti-allied propaganda from Berlin. Arrested by British troops May 1945, tried for treason, found guilty & hanged Jan 1946.
Biography: ODNB link for Joyce, William (1906-46) Fascist
References: Encyclopedia of the Third Reich (Snyder);NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275599 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P145042 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Joyce
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1812-1971: Assizes: Home, Norfolk and South-Eastern Circuit: Depositions
The National Archives, Kew
ASSI 36
2
c1932: notes and letters to CC Lewis
Sheffield University: Special Collections and Archives
MS 166
NRA 9951 Sheffield Uni
3
c1911-2000: papers, incl letters sent from prison, while awaiting trial and execution, to his wife Margaret
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 89481
See Annual Return 2022
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
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Joyce, Margaret Cairns, (1911-1972), fascist and propaganda broadcaster
husband and wife
Family