Von Geldern makes the argument that the Radio in the Soviet Union during WWII was a form of communication that unified rural Russia with the center. The front lines could heard the same literary readings of the near. The same culture was being developed within both groups bringing them closer together. The radio had the ability to reach even those in occupied lands. The periphery thus knew they were important to the center and not forgotten and the center knew it was important because the periphery needed to hear from it (von Geldern, 55). Radio broke down normal lines of demarcation and made them penetrable by the center. It made “lines porous,” and occupied territory could maintained its link with the homeland. This continued link eventually