Associated Press Rebuts Charge That It Aided Nazi Regime

Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: AP Rebuts 'Aided Nazis' Charge; Acknowledges 'Missteps'... In March 2016 a German historian Harriet Scharnberg argued that The Associated Press was complicit in allowing the Nazis to portray a war of extermination as a conventional war. Her research prompted the review which was written by Larry Heinzerling an adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and a former editor at the agency. Ms. Sharnberg said Thursday that she was preparing a statement in response to the review. While the Nazi regime cracked down on the local and international press in 1933 The Associated Press was able to report in Germany until the United States entered the war in late 1941. That access did not come without condition or compromise. In 1935 the news organization complied with a Nazi edict by firing or reassigning six employees the Germans considered to be Jewish the review said. It made the difficult decision because it believed it was critical for A.P. to remain in Germany and gather news and photos during this crucial period the agency said in a statement. The agencys German photo service provided photos to German media and worke
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