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Newspaper ban during WW2

BehindTheVeil

I recently heard that the WW2 era German newspaper Der Stürmer was banned in the U.S. during the war, what kind of records is there for this?

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub.
    Records in the National Archives are arranged into numbered record groups based on the agency that created them.
    The "Administrative Subject File, 1941-1945" in records of the Office of Censorship (Record Group 216) are arranged according to a subject-numeric filing scheme.  The scheme includes a file class entitled "Publications for Import" (file 007-C) which is further divided into "Approved for Import" (file class 007-C/1) and "Condemned for Import" (file class 007-C/2).  The file includes a lengthy list with the heading "List of Foreign Publications Which Have Been Declared Non-Mailable Under Section 600, P.L and R. (Postal Laws and Regulations).  Der Sturmer is on the list which specifies the issues of December 12, 1940 as well as the issues of January 9 and 16, 1941.  It is unclear whether this means an outright prohibition on the publication.
    Since it is wartime and the United States is at war against the country where the newspaper is published, it is unlikely it would be widely available in the U.S. anyway. 
    We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow-up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further.
    We hope this assists you with your research!
    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) [RR2RR 24-41697-TWL]

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub.
    Records in the National Archives are arranged into numbered record groups based on the agency that created them.
    The "Administrative Subject File, 1941-1945" in records of the Office of Censorship (Record Group 216) are arranged according to a subject-numeric filing scheme.  The scheme includes a file class entitled "Publications for Import" (file 007-C) which is further divided into "Approved for Import" (file class 007-C/1) and "Condemned for Import" (file class 007-C/2).  The file includes a lengthy list with the heading "List of Foreign Publications Which Have Been Declared Non-Mailable Under Section 600, P.L and R. (Postal Laws and Regulations).  Der Sturmer is on the list which specifies the issues of December 12, 1940 as well as the issues of January 9 and 16, 1941.  It is unclear whether this means an outright prohibition on the publication.
    Since it is wartime and the United States is at war against the country where the newspaper is published, it is unlikely it would be widely available in the U.S. anyway. 
    We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow-up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further.
    We hope this assists you with your research!
    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) [RR2RR 24-41697-TWL]

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