The reading of Adolf Hitler’s book, “My Struggle”, is part of the tenth commandment in the new decalogue promulgated by the Nazis for the guidance of German newspapermen. Any journalist who does not possess a copy of the book has neglected a “duty of honor”.
The rules laid down by the Nazis definitely direct the German press as to what it may or may not print. Freedom of the press is defined as “freedom of all good constructive forces, but ruthless annihilation of all those forces which are destructive in the national sense”. To illustrate what is meant by “constructive forces”, the press is notified that it “can only do full justice to its tasks when all its representatives occupy themselves thoroughly with the National Socialist philosophy of life”.
It also becomes “a matter of honor to exclude foreign and international Jewish influences in the news and advertisement columns.” The promulgation includes the statement that “Jewish haste” in reporting is to be avoided.
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