The War On News

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Claim

Claim 881

Legal Decree 1108 of 1942 and Law 485 of 1943 put prior review of films, theater, music, and publications on a more systematic legal footing.

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

Statement
Legal Decree 1108 of 1942 and Law 485 of 1943 put prior review of films, theater, music, and publications on a more systematic legal footing.
Field
action
Value
Film and publication review laws systematized
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

the government updated the legal framework governing state-run preventive censorship in films, theatre, music and publications by virtue of Legal Decree 1108 of 1942 and Law 485 of 1943.