William Joyce

Also known as William Brooke Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw

British fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906-1946)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1957
Works: 70

Top works

Rolie Polie Olie Shaped
Be my pal!
Rolie Polie Olie Busy Book
How Many Howdys
Rolie Polie Olie and Friends Box

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Active from: 1906
Active to: 1946

Discography

Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies2012

Member of

British Union of Fascists

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 172
Total plays: 806

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,493x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,862x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,972x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x

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Quotes

“As a young man of pure British descent, some of whose forefathers have held high position in the British army, I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love so dearly.”
“A Note on the Mid Back Slack Unrounded Vowel [a] in the English of Today”
“I don't regard Jews as a class. I regard them as a privileged misfortune.”
“We know that England is crying for a leader, and that leader has emerged in the person of the greatest Englishman I have ever known, Sir Oswald Mosley ... When the history of Europe comes to be written I can assure you that his name will not be second to either Mussolini or Hitler.”
“I would gladly say 'Heil Hitler!' and at once part company with him, realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to flatter him with such an imitation which he has always disdained. His way is for Germany, ours is for Britain; let us tread our paths with mutual respect, which is rarely increased by borrowing.”
“If war breaks out, I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry.”

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Key facts

Born: William Brooke Joyce , ( 1906-04-24 ) 24 April 1906, New York City, U.S.
Died: 3 January 1946 (1946-01-03) (aged 39), Wandsworth Prison , London, England
Resting place: Bohermore Cemetery , Galway, Ireland, 53°16′53″N 9°02′18″W / 53.28141°N 9.038341°W / 53.28141; -9.038341
Other name: Lord Haw-Haw
Citizenship: United States (1906–1946) Germany (1940–1946)
Education: Birkbeck College, London
Known for: Broadcasting German propaganda in World War II
Political party: British Fascists , British Union of Fascists , National Socialist League
Criminal status: Executed by hanging
Conviction: High treason
Criminal penalty: Death

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Wikidata facts

Image: The Capture of William Joyce, Germany, 1945 BU6910.jpg

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Commons category: William Joyce
date of birth: 1906-01-01
date of death: 1946-01-03
name in native language: William Brooke Joyce
nickname: Lord Haw-Haw

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Article

William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently to England, Joyce became a member of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF) from 1932, before finally moving to Germany at the outset of the war where he took Nazi German citizenship in 1940.

After his capture, Joyce, who had been issued a British passport when he lived in England after misstating his nationality, was convicted in the United Kingdom of high treason in 1945 and sentenced to death. The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords both upheld his conviction. He was hanged in Wandsworth Prison by Albert Pierrepoint on 3 January 1946, making him the most recent person executed for treason in the United Kingdom.