She knew that her materials were being used by Berlin in her propaganda. The most interesting pictures of the AP came directly to Hitler. Norman Domeier, a German historian, says the agency said
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The war between the US and Germany

The US entered the war with Germany in 1941. Prior to that, AP was the only foreign agency to report from Germany. Researchers have so far concluded that after a year of 1941, US-German media contacts have been minimized.

According to Domeier, however, AP continued to silently send exclusive photos of allies to Berlin. In return, she received inaccessible images from Germany. On both sides, the sanctification of the highest places was exchanged, said Domeier, who is now researching at the University of Vienna.

AP received photos from its former collaborators, who joined the so-called "Laux office". It operated under elite Nazi SS units and the German Foreign Ministry. Images from the AP ended with this group, said Domeier after studying the estate of one of the members of the office.

A historian from the University of Stuttgart estimates that 1942 to 1945 photos were exchanged between 35.000 and 40.000. The messengers in Lisbon and Stockholm gave more details about the handover. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had the most interesting of the AP images, Domeier says. According to him, Berlin subsequently edited or built the photos into a different context to appear as part of Nazi propaganda.

The Americans knew about the abuse of their materials, Domeier said. At the same time, they understood that they themselves received only propaganda images from Germany. It is not so clear what the benefits of exchanges for Washington were. Domeier suggests that the Americans also served photos for propaganda purposes. At the same time, it does not exclude that the communication channel fulfilled other unknown functions.

Domeier published his findings in the journal ZeithistorischeForschungen. He now hopes that AP will "finally" open its archive. The agency does not comment much on his findings yet. The AP (Associated Press) was founded in 1848 in New York and before 1941 it became the world's largest news agency. ČTK also draws on its visual news.