Nazi soundscapes : sound technology and urban space in Germany 1933 1945 Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s various forms of sound (popular music voice noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the partys political programme. Focusing on the urban soundscape of Dusseldorf the author makes a persuasive case for investigating such sound events and technological devices in their specific contexts of production and reception. Nazi Soundscapes identifies strategies for controlling space and reworking identity patterns but also the ongoing difficulties in manipulat