2. “You are the front” This poster was to show the Germans just how important labor and production was. Posters like these are what persuaded people to join the war efforts. The Nazi propaganda was created to fulfill two agendas. 1.) Wanted to encourage them to fight! 2.) To increase war time efforts.
3. “So? Or thus?” Posters were to convince people to go with the Nazi’s. It also was to question people, will they go with the Nazi’s or will they go with the Jew’s. Like in this poster. The left side is asking if your with the Germans. The right side is asking if your with the Jews. Some posters would also question you on which side you picked but find a way to force your decision on the Nazi’s side.
4. "All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level to the perception of the least intelligent of those towards whom it intends to direct itself.” -Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), Vol. I “Long live Germany”
5. “That is to blame for the war” A lot of the propaganda was through radio, books and speeches, but a lot were from posters. Many posters attacked the Jewish religion. Hitler eventually wanted to expand the hatred to other races. These posters were created to persuade German’s to hate the Jewish people.
6. “Mother fight for your children” Posters like this were created to show people to do their part. They were saying that everyone had a part to contribute to the war and they needed to do that part…..or else!
7. Some propaganda belittles other races. Showing that certain races are better than others. Also like in this poster, they are implying that Jewish people spray lies. “The stinging nettle”
8. “Waste paper collection” Germans were persuaded by posters like this to conserve. Just like the U.S had posters about conservation. They thought by creating conservation posters that people would help conserve so there would be more products for the people in war. Also to show that some products were scarce. Nazi’s wanted the people not fighting to, “do their part”. A lot of the German citizens were willing to give up the “extras” and help out with the conservation.
9. “ The eternal Jew” Some posters were created to humiliate people of a certain race. Many people helped Hitler create all of these posters. They were made for spread of word, to gain help, to hurt, to make people/things popular and to warn people.
10. “pst” ( to whisper) Posters also warned people not to gossip. That spies could hear them and run and tell. Posters were major influences on warning people to be cautious. As long as the public felt threatened, they would obey commands that would, in their eyes, remove that threat. (Nazi Propaganda, 2001.)
11. “A people, an empire, a Fuhrer!” Posters were also used to show people who to worship. The posters did not give them a reason why, they just said that people should. Goebbels, spoke about Hitler, to persuade people to follow what Hitler believes is right. Posters were also created to spread the word about something or make something more popular. Posters were a major way in spreading the word about something new or important.
12. http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/german/naziprop.htm Images from German Propaganda Archive, http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/index.htm, Randall Bytwerk, August, 2001. E-mail message. (Public Domain, no copyright held)BibliographyCCMS Infobase. Propaganda. http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/ Last Visited: August, 2001.Bytwerk, Randall. German Propaganda Archive, http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/index.htm. Last Visited: August, 2001.Shirer, William L. "The Control of Press, Radio, Films." The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. pp. 244-248.
13. Propaganda in Nazi Germany, 2011. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/propaganda_in_nazi_germany.htm Holocaust Encyclopedia, January 6, 2011. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?moduleld=10005202
