LibGuides: World War II: Nazi propaganda and anti-Jewish laws

Propaganda poster recruiting poster Of 27th SS Volunteer Division

Nazi and East German Propaganda
The German Propaganda Archive includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists. The goal is to help people understand the two great totalitarian systems of the twentieth century by giving them access to the primary material.
(1933-1989; English; facsimiles)
Stamps of the Nazi era
Postage stamps as a form of propaganda. (1933-1945; facsimile images)

Hitler Youth propaganda

This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler youth by stating: "Youth serves the Fuhrer! All ten-year olds into the Hitler Youth!"

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Bund deutscher Mädel
The League of German Girls, female branch of the Hitler Youth. (1930-1945; photos & posters, translated narratives, facsimiles of documents and journals).

German Propaganda Archive

Hand in hand for the fatherland
Illustrations and translations from an elementary school reading textbook published in 1936.
Hey! You there! Things are different now!
"The “Pimpfs” were members of the Nazi organization for young boys, part of the Hitler Youth. This 1937 article from 'Morgen' [a magazine published for boys], addresses those who were less than eager to join the organization.
You and your people
"German children finished their compulsory schooling at fourteen. They then either continued their education or took up a trade. This is a translation of a booklet given to children as they finished their required schooling. It provides a summary of Nazi ideology, encouraging readers to marry and have a lot of children, and predicts that they will have great responsibilities as members of the country that will rule Europe (although this is put in the most noble terms). This was published in fall of 1940, before the invasion of Russia."
You have the best examples
"'Das deutsche Mädel' was the Nazi Party’s illustrated magazine for girls. At ten, girls joined the Deutsche Mädel, the German Girls, part of the Hitler Youth organization. This article from summer 1943 tells girls that they too have duties to Germany."

Propaganda poster 1936, showing a member of the National Socialist German Students' League in a Hitler Youth-like uniform, holding the swastika flag of the organization.

Deceiving the public
"The Nazis frequently used propaganda to disguise their political aims and deceive the German and international public. They depicted Germany as the victim of Allied and Jewish aggression to hide their true ideological goals and to justify war and violence against innocent civilians."

Nazi propaganda newspaper

An issue of the antisemitic German newspaper Der Sturmer [The Attacker] is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935. The headline above the case says: "The Jews Are Our Misfortune".

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Nazi propaganda

Communicating the Nazi message
"Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Hitler established a 'Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda' headed by Joseph Goebbels. The Ministry's aim was to ensure that the Nazi message was successfully communicated through art, music, theatre, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press."
Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment
"In the days after the Nazi electoral victories of July 1932, Adolf Hitler informed Joseph Goebbels that he intended to make Goebbels director of a new propaganda ministry when the Nazis took over the reins of national government. Goebbels soon envisioned an empire that would control schools, universities, film, radio, and propaganda. 'The national education of the German people,' he wrote, 'will be placed in my hands.'"

Nazi Germany NSDAP poster showing the ‘ideal’ German family.

The Eternal Jew

This 1938 poster advertises a popular antisemitic travelling exhibit called Der Ewige Jude [The Eternal Jew].