A year 12 Modern History task on the German Propaganda on World War One

1. German Propaganda World War I
The impact on the Home Front

2. Reasons for Propaganda
• To encourage recruitment into the army
• To boost the morale of civilians and troops
• To encourage hatred of the enemy
• To encourage financial investment in the war
effort via bonds and donaAons
• To encourage acceptance and support of various
restricAons, including raAoning
• To encourage acAve parAcipaAon in the war
effort

3. ConAnued
• To aDack those opposed to the war, or those
not supporAng the war effort
• To promote or oppose conscripAon for military
service
• To promote or oppose industrial acAon by
workers

4. This is a poster of Germanica helping
the Germans to slay the English

5. Types of propaganda
• Films
• Newspapers
• Posters
• Sermons
• Schools
• Books and magazines
• MeeAngs, speeches and marches
• Music‐songs and military bands
• Postcards

6. “For the War Loan!”

7. Impact of the war on civilians of the
German Home front
• RestricAons on civil liberAes
‐Civil liberAes
‐Aliens
• Economic reorganizaAon
‐War Raw Materials Department
‐Labour restricAons
‐Fiscal policy

8. “I Go to the Front‐ Have You Already
Subscribed to the 6th War Loans?”

9. ConAnued
• Civilian war effort
‐RaAoning
‐ConscripAon
‐Women in workforce
‐Severe restricAons on civil liberAes

10. Even the smallest child hurries to sign
the war‐loan