By. Shannon and Amber

Nazi Propaganda

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.

“You are the front”

“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.

"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”

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.

“That is to blame for the war”

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!

“Mother fight for your children”

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”

“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.

“ 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.

“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.)

“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.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/german/naziprop.htm

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