Nazi Propaganda

Historical Perspective

1915 World War I & the Birth of Modern Propaganda

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1931 “National Socialism Germany’s Future!”

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1932 Campaign poster “Work, Freedom, Bread!”

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1932 Election Poster:

“Men! Women!Millions of Men without Work. Millions of Children without a

Future. Save the German family.”

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1934 Poster “Yes! Fuhrer, We Will Follow You!”

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Advertisement for “people’s receiver” ca. 1936

” Every National Comrade a Radio Listener!”

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1937 Poster “You, Too, Belong to the Fuhrer.”

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1938 Poster advertising “The God of the Stadium”

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1938 Poster of ballot marked “Yes !”

Reunification of AustriaTimeline

1939 Poster “Victory over Versailles”

Documentary FilmTimeline

1940 Der Sturmer March 1940

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Poster “Behind the Enemy Powers: the Jew”

ca. 1942

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1943 Poster “Victory or Bolshevism”

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1944 Theresienstadt ghetto drawing

(Red Cross visit 1944)Timeline

1945: Eisenhower at Ohrdruf

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“The things I saw beggar description...The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were...overpowering...I made the visit deliberately in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda.’”

1946

Julius Streicheron trial at Nuremberg

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Resources

Bachrach, Susan and Luckert, Steven. State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Washington, DC. 2009.

Page Description Year19 World War I & the Birth of Modern Propaganda: poster

“Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?” (Great Britain)1915

33 “National Socialism Germany’s Future!” 193140 Campaign poster “Work, Freedom, Bread!” 193247 Election poster “Millions of Men without Work. Millions of

Children without a Future. Save the German family.”1932

71 Advertisement for “people’s receiver”: “Every National Comrade a Radio Listener!”

1936

74 Poster “Yes! Fuhrer, We Will Follow You!” 193481 Poster “You, Too, Belong to the Fuhrer.” 193785 Poster advertising “The God of the Stadium” 193897 Poster of ballot marked “Yes!” (reunification of Austria) 193898 Poster “Victory over Versailles” documentary film 1939102 Poster “Behind the Enemy Powers: the Jew” 1942132 Theresienstadt ghetto drawing (Red Cross visit 1944) 1944137 Poster “Victory or Bolshevism” 1943157 Der Sturmer March 1940 1940143 Dwight D. Eisenhower at Ohrdruf 1945156 Julius Streicher at Nuremberg 1946