▁a ▁pup il ▁at ▁Bun ce ▁Court . ▁ ▁German ▁Service ▁of ▁the ▁BBC ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁war , ▁Ad ler ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁Service ▁of ▁the ▁BBC . ▁Under ▁the ▁gu ise ▁of ▁literary ▁entertain ment , ▁these ▁German - language ▁programs ▁broadcast ▁British ▁propag anda ▁to ▁Germany , ▁using ▁established ▁native - spe aking ▁writers ▁in ▁ex ile , ▁such ▁as ▁Ad ler ▁and ▁Robert ▁Lucas , ▁and ▁target ed ▁the ▁average ▁German , ▁who ▁was ▁growing ▁we ary ▁of ▁end less ▁war . ▁List ening ▁carried ▁severe ▁pen alt ies ▁in ▁Germany , ▁imprison ment ▁and ▁even ▁death , ▁so ▁the ▁programs ▁were ▁short , ▁between ▁three ▁and ▁seven ▁minutes . ▁Char acters ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁easily ▁ident ifiable ▁and ▁they ▁had ▁little ▁time ▁to ▁impress ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁their ▁target ▁audience . ▁ ▁Ad ler ▁created ▁the ▁sat ir ical ▁" F ra u ▁W ern ic ke ", ▁a ▁program ▁broadcast ▁from ▁summer ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁to ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁The ▁lead ▁role , ▁Frau ▁Ger tr ud ▁W ern ic ke , ▁was ▁vo iced ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁actress ▁and ▁cab aret ▁artist ▁Ann em arie ▁H ase , ▁also ▁in ▁ex ile . ▁The ▁character ▁was ▁a ▁Berlin ▁woman ▁married ▁to ▁a ▁tr ades man ▁and ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁veter an . ▁She ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁short ages ▁pl agu ing ▁the ▁German ▁popul ace , ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁she ▁launched ▁sub vers ive ▁tir ades