Claim

Claim 883

Licensing files submitted to the Directorate-General carried handwritten notes recording that the German Embassy had prohibited or granted a license for a film.

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

Statement: Licensing files submitted to the Directorate-General carried handwritten notes recording that the German Embassy had prohibited or granted a license for a film.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: German Embassy review of licenses
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

licensing applications submitted by film companies to the Directorate-General for Press included hand-written notes with the German license number or phrases such as “prohibited” or “license was granted by the German Embassy.”