Otto D. Tolischus

German Lithuanian American journalist (1890-1967)

Otto David Tolischus (November 20, 1890 – February 24, 1967) was a Prussian-Lithuanian-born journalist for the New York Times and winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence for his writing in Berlin during World War II.

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  • Charging that Germany had been attacked, Chancellor Hitler at 5:11 o'clock this morning issued a proclamation to the army declaring that from now on force will be met with force and calling on the armed forces 'to fulfill their duty to the end.'

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  • Under the headline, "Hitler Gives Word," Otto Tolischus presented only the view of Hitler and the Nazis concerning the events along the German-Polish border.
    In the very next paragraph, Tolischus reprinted Hitler's proclamation, which the dictator calculated as a way to fire up the German public for war.
    • 3 May 2021 on page 27 (chapter 1: Canned Goods) of The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History by Ashley Rindsberg
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