Claim

Claim 879

A legal decree issued by the Tsolakoglou government on May 8, 1941, transferred press review authority to a new Directorate-General for Press and Radio under the government's president.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: A legal decree issued by the Tsolakoglou government on May 8, 1941, transferred press review authority to a new Directorate-General for Press and Radio under the government's president.
Field: announced_by
Value: Directorate-General for Press and Radio established
About: incident 1941-greece-directorate-general-press-radio
Source: “Rejected by the German Embassy”: The Directorate-General for Press and Radio under the Greek collaborationist governments and film censorship during the Occupation of Greece by the Axis powers (1941-1944)
Publisher: Filmicon: Journal of Greek Film Studies
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-10-02

Quotation from the source

By virtue of a Legal Decree issued by the Tsolakoglou Government on 8 May 1941, the authority of the Under-Secretariat was transferred to the Directorate-General for Press and Radio that was set up as an Office under the President of the Greek collaborationist government.