The general background consisted of defeats mixed and high hopes attached to expected Allied landings in France. Hans Fritzsche was now in charge of the entire Radio Department. The candid talks by General Dittmar were an exception to an otherwise growing distrust in propaganda. Goebbels support of the inclusion more serious programmes was marked by the launch of the series “Undying Music of German Masters”. Several examples are given of items in the daily Zeitspiegel (“Mirror of the Times”) and the educational series “Listen and Remember”. Nazi radio’s treatment of D-Day and the events of 20 July are examined. An example of a weekly schedule in July 1944 demonstrates the holding onto “normality”.