The Holocaust: Nazi Use of Propaganda

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The Holocaust Nazi Use of Propaganda

• How could so many people be so wrong?

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Propaganda

• Information that is spread for the purpose of
  promoting some cause
• The Germans were masters of this!
• Their cause was convincing people that Jews were
  worthless and evil.

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How did they do it?

• The Nazis used advertisements and cartoons like
  these to blame the Jews for Germanys problems
• This ad shows a symbol for a Jew strangling the
  U.S, Russia, the Soviet Union, and China

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Germans Blame Others

• This image shows a Jewish person eating the
  European nations, suggesting they were devouring
  them with war.
• The reality? Germany started the war and was
  gobbling territory all around them.

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More Lies About Jews

• The Nazis also claimed the Jews were to blame for
  Germanys financial problems Almost half of all
  Germans were unemployed
• What symbols do you see in this poster that would
  make people blame Jews?

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Hints in the Pictures

• Note the gold in one hand and the whip in the
  other.
• Nazis wanted people to think of Jews as greedy
  and selfish

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Nazi Reason Jews Were Different

• The Jew is shown ensnaring a woman in his web of
  lies

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Positive Images of Hitler and Nazis

• At the same time the Jews were blamed for war and
  poverty, ads like this made the Nazis seem kind
  and peaceful
• This picture shows Hitler sowing the seeds of
  peace

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Get Them Early

• Nazis started early teaching children hatred in
  schools.
• One text book said,
• Which race must the National Socialist race
  fight against?
• The Jewish race.
• Why?
• The goal of the Jew is to make himself the ruler
  of humanity. Wherever he comes, he destroys works
  of culture. He is not a creative spirit, rather a
  destructive spirit.

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The Power of Information

• The Nazis controlled information
• Books were burned if they disagreed with the
  Nazis or were written by Jews
• This picture is the minister of propaganda
  speaking at a book burning

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Nazi Childrens Book
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What does that mean?

• This is a childrens book that is titled
• You Cant Trust a Fox or a Jew

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Poisonous Ideas

• This is another childrens book that depicted the
  Jews as poisonous and tricky
• It is called The Poisonous Mushroom

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The Power of Words

• The Nazis also realized that words could change
  the way people thought.
• They called Jews vermin, like mice or rats.
• When they were going to kill them, they called it
  extermination, not murder.