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Jun 6, 2019 · Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy. Persuading the American public became a wartime industry, almost ...
A large sculpture stands in front of Dachau. Located just outside Munich, it was the first concentration camp opened by the Nazi regime. Just a few weeks after Adolf Hitler came to power, it was ...
This Nazi propaganda poster reinforces antisemitic stereotypes and Nazi tropes by depicting a Jewish man (identified by a badge in the shape of a Jewish star with the word Jude, German for “Jew”, on it) with a large nose cowering fearfully. His clothing is meant to imply that he is wealthy, another antisemitic stereotype.
Jun 13, 2022 · 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.
Nazi Posters: 1933-1936. Background: This is a collection of Nazi posters from 1920-33. Clicking will bring up a larger image. Posters from 1933-1945 are on another page. Many are taken from photographs made by Dr. Robert D. Brooks at the German Federal Archives. I have gathered the remainder from a wide range of sources.
Nazi Posters: 1933-1939. 1. This poster announces a Nazi meeting in Berlin on 23 February 1933, less than a month after Hitler took power. The title of the speech is: “Let Hitler work!”. Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Library. 2. This poster for the March 1933 election is captioned: “Hitler Builds.”.
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