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Propaganda also encouraged passivity and acceptance of the impending measures against Jews, as these appeared to depict the Nazi government as stepping in and “restoring order.” Real and perceived discrimination against ethnic Germans in east European nations which had gained territory at Germany's expense following World War I , such as ...
- Deceiving the Public
Key Facts. 1. Hitler and the Nazi leadership engineered a...
- Nazi Propaganda and Censorship
Textbooks are a good example of how propaganda and...
- Deceiving the Public
Germany was weak and in decline due to the 'Jewish influence'. According to Hitler, the Jews were after world dominance. And they would not hesitate to use all possible means, including capitalism. In this way, Hitler took advantage of the existing prejudice that linked the Jews to monetary power and financial gain.
1. Posters. The most striking and memorable examples of the Nazi antisemitic propaganda campaign are seen in the form of posters. Making use of stark imagery and explicit racial messages, this media penetrated all sections of German society, literally painting Jews as outsiders and sinister enemies of ‘ordinary’ Germans.
Peter Longerich has shown that, from June to October 1938, the Nazi party in the "Old Reich" organized an intense wave of violence against Jews that caused an atmosphere of pogrom within the party. 63 On November 9, 1938, this pogrom atmosphere came to a bitter head.
Their outburst gave the Nazis an excuse for a “defensive action against the Jewish world criminal” on April 1, 1933. That action—a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses—was the first major public event that specifically targeted Jews not as Communists or Social Democrats but as Jews. It was not a huge success.
