Volksempfänger
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thumb|Volksempfänger VE301 - The distinctive Bakelite cabinet was designed by the architect and industrial designer [[Walter Maria Kersting.]]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- reference design
- Subclass of
- tuned radio frequency receiver
- Country
- Germany
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Image
- Volksempfaenger 02 KMJ.jpg
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- Volksempfänger
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- Volksempfänger
- discoverer or inventor
- Otto Griessing
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Technical details
- Legacy
- Utility receiver
- RFT Kolibri
- Polish Ludowy Radio
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Volksempfänger VE301 - The distinctive Bakelite cabinet was designed by the architect and industrial designer [[Walter Maria Kersting.]]
The Volksempfänger (, "people’s receiver") was a range of low-cost vacuum tube radio receivers produced in Germany during the 1930s. It was developed by engineer Otto Griessing at the request of Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda of the Nazi government.
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