When the war broke out, his knowledge of German and his Communist sympathies made him invaluable as a liaison and propaganda officer. During the siege of Stalingrad he served at the front ...

To Germany from Moscow last week went a Christmas parcel wrapped in propaganda TNT. It was a big enough parcel to touch the hearts of 250,000 families bereaved by the debacle at Stalingrad.

"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people ... After the Nazi loss at Stalingrad in February 1943, Goebbels admitted recent losses and argued for total war in his famous Sportpalast ...