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Nazi propaganda poster

Object | Accession Number: 1995.96.95

The Nazis used propaganda to buttress public support for the war effort, shape public opinion, and reinforce antisemitic ideas. As part of their propaganda campaign, the Nazis created the Word of the Week Series of posters (also referred to as Wandzeitung, or wall newspapers), the first of which was distributed on March 16, 1936. Each week, approximately 125,000 posters were strategically placed in public places and businesses such as: market squares, metro stations, bus stops, payroll offices, hospital waiting rooms, factory cafeterias, schools, hotels, restaurants, post offices, train stations, and street kiosks so that they would be viewed by as many people as possible. Posters were the primary medium for the series, but smaller pamphlets were also produced, which could be plastered on the back of correspondence. The posters used colorful, often derogatory caricatures, and photorealistic images with vibrant language to target the Nazis' early political adversaries, Jews, Communists, and Germany's enemies during the war. The series was discontinued in 1943.

Artwork Title
Als England anfing, unsere Staedte zu bombardieren,....
Series Title
issue 50
Date
publication/distribution:  1942 December 09
Geography
publication: Munich (Germany)
distribution: Germany
Language
German
Classification
Posters
Category
Nazi propaganda
Genre/Form
Posters.
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
 
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