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Nazi Propaganda
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Symbolic
Strength: Nazi
Propaganda |
Nazi propaganda consisted of negative and
positive propaganda. The negative propaganda dwelled on the dangers of “enemies
of the state”, Jews in particular. The positive forms of propaganda
stressed the greatness of the German Reich and its “Aryan” population.
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Negative Nazi Propaganda
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Propaganda
Poster:“He
(the Jew) is responsible for the war.”
From FHM Photo
Archives.
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Nazi propaganda repeatedly stressed the notion that Jews were “enemies
of the German people.” Jews were created as the anti-symbol.
They were viewed as the embodiment of evil. To illustrate the culpability
of Jews, the Nazis placed emphasis on the criminality of Jews and the
conspiracy of foreign Jews against Germany.
The notion that Jews outside of Germany threatened a conspiracy against
Germany was stressed during Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass
or the November Pogrom) in November 1938. What gave some credence to
this idea was a Jewish youth who had shot and killed a German diplomat
in Paris, and the youth’s parents were originally Polish Jews who
have been living in Germany for several decades.
The Nazis directed their antisemitic propaganda at both domestic and
foreign audiences.
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Positive Propaganda
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Propaganda
Poster: Example of Nazi positive propaganda poster.
From USHMM Photo Archives.
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The Nazis sought to instill pride for the German Reich in the German
people. Film, radio, posters, newspapers, books and pamphlets sought
to highlight the greatness of the pure German people, the Aryans possessing
perfect physical characteristics. The filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl produced
films such as the “Triumph of the Will,” and “The Olympics,” which
featured the unity, strength and joy of the German people under Nazi
leadership. |
Early Leaders of Nazi Propaganda
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Photo: Joseph
Goebbels. Image donated by Corbis -Bettmann.
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Photo: Julius
Streicher. Image
donated by Corbis -Bettmann. |
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Newspaper:Der Stüemer,
“Jew As A Devil.” From FHM Archives. |
Joseph Goebbels became the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
in the Nazi government. He has become known as the Father of Modern Propaganda.
Goebbels was often close to Hitler during the Third Reich. He ended his
own life after Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945.
Julius Streicher joined the Nazi Party in 1921, with experience of
running an antisemitic party in Bavaria in 1919.
In 1921, Streicher established
the journal known as Der Stüermer. Der Stüermer,
was a weekly, which included articles about Jewish ritual murder and
rape of Christian girls.
Streicher
also contributed
antisemitic articles to the Nazis newspaper Volkischer Beobachter.
In addition, Streicher published childrens’ books that incorporated antisemitic
themes. These publications include: The Poisoned Mushroom and Don’t
Trust the Fox in the Green Meadow nor the Jew on his Oath. |
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