This document discusses Nazi Germany's use of propaganda against Jews during World War II. It provides examples of different types of propaganda used, including posters, newspapers, speeches and slogans. Joseph Goebbels led the Ministry of Propaganda and played a key role in spreading anti-Semitic messages. The propaganda was effective in turning the German public against Jews, resulting in their widespread persecution, including being sent to concentration camps where many perished or suffered immense hardship.

1. Personal
Project
2014
Big Idea:
History is not just about
the dates, it’s also very
much about different
points of view.

2. Line of Inquiry:
How did the Nazi’s use propaganda to effectively
silence and/or turn the masses against the
Jewish population?

3. World War II
• There is no single cause for WWII. However being
shortly after the First World War, tensions were
high.
• The main combatants were the Axis nations (Nazi
Germany, Facist Italy, Imperial Japan and their
smaller allies) and the Allied nations, led by Britain
(and its Commonwealth nations, e.g Australia), the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United
States of America.
• The Allies were the victors. This brought about
major leaps in technology and laid the groundwork
for social changes including the end of European
colonialism, the civil rights movement in the United
States, and the modern women’s rights movement,
as well as the programs for exploring outer space.
• The war wasn't just about powers claiming land
however, it was also about a certain country's
attempt to wipe out a race.

4. Introduction
• In WWII the Nazis attempted to wipe out
the Jewish population using any means
necessary. If they weren't killed they were
sent to work as slaves for the Nazi’s.
• They used propaganda of many different
forms to turn or silence the masses against
the Jewish population. They used
speeches, posters radio broadcasts as well
as many other forms. Not only the Jews
were targets of the propaganda and the
Nazi's abuse however, any race or culture
deemed "subhuman" by the Germans,
were just as vulnerable to the German's
abuse and discrimination.

5. Types of Propaganda
• Nazi Propaganda was used in lots of different
areas of the media. Nazis used the radio, cinema,
speeches, events and visuals.
• The leaders were great public speakers, hence
they used their verbal abilities through radios
effectively. They were even better when it came to
public speaking. Nazis held a lot of events which
included large or smaller gatherings, where they
could express their ideals easier to the public.
• Brochures or pamphlets were used as-well, as
they were really successful in spreading the Nazis
words in large quantities with rapidity.
• Controlling the schools, the Nazis also took the
opportunity of educating the children with
distorted images of the Jews.

6. Example #1 - Poster
• This poster is a type of propaganda that was used
during World War II to persuade the German
population to go against the Jewish population.
• This poster shows Jewish stereotypes that
reinforce anxieties about the modern
developments in political and economic life.
• It was used to expose the ‘Jewish-Bolshevik’
conspiracy and cause violence against the Jewish
community. It did this by showing a Jew wearing
a kaftan, which is a overdress that reaches the
ankle. As well as this the Jew is holding some
coins in one hand and a whip in the other with a
map under his arm.
• This represents that Nazi Germany wanted the
masses to know how to identify a Jew to make
them a subject of ridicule and abuse. This was
one of the contributing factors that lead to the
merciless genocide of the Jewish population. It
made them outcasts and easy targets for the Nazi
military.

7. ~ More Propaganda ~

8. Josef Goebbels
[Minister of Public Enlightenment & Propaganda]
• Hitler established a Reich Ministry of Public
Enlightenment and Propaganda which was led by
Joseph Goebbels. It was to ensure that the Nazi
message was successfully communicated through art,
music, theatre, films, books, radio, educational
materials, and the press was the Ministry's aim.
• Josef Goebbels was the minister of public
enlightenment and propaganda. By blaming the jews
for the economic and social problems of Germany
and even the world, he created a negative image of
the Jewish people. Goebbels advanced the Nazi’s use
of propaganda to even greater effect once the Nazis
came to power.
• He arranged large political military gatherings to
build further assistance. Using his own skills of
oratory, Hitler appealed to the patriotism of the
German people. Goebbels sought to Nazify the whole
of German culture. The promotion of Nazi racial
policy was at the very centre of Goebbels’s message.
Portrait of Josef Goebbels

9. Example #2 - Article
• A weekly newspaper called Das Reich in
1940 was started by Goebbels.
Occasionally he'd write the lead article
each week, in which he took special
pride. This article displays that he was
more than able to produce vehement
attacks on the Jews.
• This article is dated 16 November 1941.
All Jews in Germany had recently been
required to wear the yellow star in
public, when the Holocaust was
beginning. Goebbels made it clear that
the future of the Jews in Germany was
over in this article. Anyone that felt
sorry to the Jews would be punished.
This article, like most of Goebbels’s lead
articles, was read over the radio. Article: http://www.vanguardnewsnetwork.com/v1/goebbels.htm

10. How Effective was the
Propaganda?
• Nazi propaganda was indeed effective. The effects of propaganda resulted
in widespread ridicule, violence, humiliation and prosecution of Jews.
• This drove them into poverty and despair and especially resulted in more
hatred against them. After the holocaust, an estimated of 6 million jews
were killed.
• Their properties, businesses, money in their bank accounts were all taken
away from them. Their families were torn apart, Jews were displaced all
over the world.
• There were serious long-term medical problems experienced by those
who survived the concentration camps, suffering malnutrition, disease,
and abuse.

11. ~ The Nazi Party ~

12. Example #3 - Speech
• Quoted from Adolf Hitler's 1939 speech to the
Reichstag of Jewish question, he states the 'threat'
of Jews and other enemies of Germany intend to
take over or destroy Nazi Germany. Therefore
claiming that they must destroy this threat before
they can do anything. However the Jews and
others just didn't want to side with the Nazis and
avoid the war. This didn't work out well as one of
the major parts of the war was the Holocaust
which involved mass murder against the Jewish
population and other enemies of Nazi Germany.
• This means that Adolf Hitler was a brilliant
crowd speaker and was easily able to motivate and
persuade the population of Germany. It
effectively motivated the population by the use of
his words as well as how persuasive it was. The
speech demonstrates that even though what was
said about the Jews isn't true, through Adolf's
speeches he was able to effectively turn the masses
against the Jewish people.
"To the Jews and the other enemies
of the State, however, it appeared to
be the last flicker of the national
power of resistance. And they felt
that when it had disappeared, then
they would be able to destroy not
only Germany but all Europe as well.
Had the German Reich sunk into
Bolshevik chaos it would at that very
moment have plunged the whole of
Western civilisation into a crisis of
inconceivable magnitude. Only
islanders with the most limited vision
can imagine that the Red plague
would have stopped of its own
accord before the sacredness of the
democratic idea or at the boundaries
of disinterested States."
Speech:
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/jewishquestion.html

13. Example #4 - Poster
• This slogan emphasises the absolute control
of the Nazi party over all areas of the
German society and its culture. With the
churches the most notable exception, Hitler's
words were absolute. This poster was used to
show the Nazi party is superior and that they
wanted to exclude the Jewish population as
well as cause racism towards them.
• This was one of the most important themes
running through Nazi propaganda. The
phrase also displays how the Nazi’s exclude
the Jewish population and other 'subhumans'
that they were the superior ones.
• The slogan appeared on countless posters
and publications; it was heard frequently on
radio broadcasts and in speeches.
Translation: One person, one empire, one leader.

14. Conclusion
• The Nazi's use of propaganda was indeed effective as it did effectively turn or silence the masses against
the Jewish population (Holocaust) as well as other ‘subhumans’ according to the Germans.
• A large variety of propaganda was used such as; radio, cinema, speeches, events, visuals, brochures and
pamphlets that allowed the Nazi’s to successfully turn the German population against the Jew’s as well
as other targets.
• World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945 and consisted of several main events.
• The main purpose of the war was not only about claiming land but attempts for countries such as the
Nazi’s to wipe out a race, which is the Jewish population.
• The main combatants were the Axis nations and the Allied nations, which was led by the British. In the
end, the Allied nations were the victors and from World War II it brought new innovations in
technology as well as start social changes. These include the end of European colonialism, the civil
rights movement in the United States and many more.
• Josef Goebbels created the negative image of the Jews and started the propaganda against the Jewish
people.
• The propaganda used was effective as it caused humiliation and prosecution of Jews as well as drive
them into poverty and despair, which was the main objective of the propaganda used by the Nazi’s.
• It made the Jewish population suffer and endure hardships with families being torn apart as well as
being placed in concentration camps. Several types of propaganda was effectively used against the
Jewish during World War II.

15. ~ The End ~
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