death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
munich , germany 11 november 2002 munich , germany 1 january 1918 wolf mittler
 wolf mittler radio personality , journalist
wolf mittler

wolf mittler -lrb- 1 january 1918 -- 11 november 2002 -rrb- was a german radio host and journalist , known as one of the persons associated with the nickname lord haw-haw .
he became internationally known as lord haw-haw on the english language propaganda radio programme germany calling , broadcast by nazi german radio to audiences in great britain and the united states , during world war ii .
mittler spoke nearly flawless english , as he had learnt it from his mother -lrb- who was born in ireland to german parents -rrb- in childhood .
during his career broadcasting for germany calling , mittler was reported to find political matters distasteful , and was eventually replaced by norman baillie-stewart -lrb- a former british spy for nazi germany -rrb- .
in 1943 , mittler fell under suspicion and fled to italy , where he was captured by the gestapo , but managed to escape to switzerland .
after the end of world war ii and his subsequent return to germany , he became a radio host for bavarian radio .
there he became best known for his simultaneous translation of kennedy 's speech addressing the cuban missile crisis in 1962 , and the first manned moonlanding live in 1969 , among others .
later in his career he spoke the traffic information for german radio bayern 3 .
