SD public opinion reports explained

The SD public opinion reports, officially German: Meldungen aus dem Reich ("Reports from the Reich"), were secret reports on public opinion in Nazi Germany prepared by the Security Service (SD) between 1939 and 1944 and distributed to high-ranking Nazi leaders.^[1] They are considered one of the most valuable sources on public opinion in Nazi Germany and have been described by historian Randall Bytwerk as "relatively objective as Nazi sources go".^[2]

Further reading

• National Diary of German Civilian Life During 1940: the SD Reports. Kitterman, David Harold. University of Washington. 1972. PhD.
• Book: Kulka . Otto Dov . Jäckel . Eberhard . Otto Dov Kulka . Eberhard Jäckel . The Jews in the Secret Nazi Reports on Popular Opinion in Germany, 1933-1945 . 23 November 2010 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-16858-7 . en.
• Unger . Aryeh L. . The Public Opinion Reports of the Nazi Party . Public Opinion Quarterly . 1965 . 29 . 4 . 565 . 10.1086/267360.

Notes and References

1. Welch . David . Manufacturing a Consensus: Nazi Propaganda and the Building of a ‘National Community’ (Volksgemeinschaft) . Contemporary European History . 1993 . 2 . 1 . 1–15 . 10.1017/S096077730000028X.
2. Bytwerk . Randall L. . The Argument for Genocide in Nazi Propaganda . Quarterly Journal of Speech . 2005 . 91 . 1 . 37–62 . 10.1080/00335630500157516.