- Brief Narrative
- A copy of the “KZ: Bildbericht aus fünf Konzentrationslagern” [KZ: Pictorial report of five concentration camps] pamphlet published in Germany in 1945. It was published quickly by the American War Information Office to increase awareness of the atrocities that had occurred. It contains post-liberation photographs at Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Nordhausen, and Ohrdruf concentration camps and the site of the Gardelagen massacre.
- Title
- KZ: Bildbericht aus fünf Konzentrationslagern.
- Alternate Title
- KZ: Pictorial report of five concentration camps.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1945
- Geography
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publication:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Chester Boyajian
- Markings
- a. interior, printed, black ink : KZ / herausgegeben vom / amerikanischen Kriegs Informationsamt / im auftrag des / oberbefehlshabers der alliierten streitkrafte [KZ / published by the American War Information Office on behalf of the commander in chief of the allied armed forces]
- Contributor
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Publisher:
United States Office of War Information
Publisher:
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
- Biography
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The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was created on June 13, 1942, to centralize and control the content and production of government information and propaganda about the war. It coordinated the release of war news for domestic use, and using posters along with radio broadcasts, worked to promote patriotism, warn about foreign spies, and recruit women into war work. The office also established an overseas branch, which launched a large-scale information and propaganda campaign abroad. The government appealed to the public through popular culture and more than a quarter of a billion dollars' worth of advertising was donated during the first three years of the National Defense Savings Program. Victory in Europe was declared on May 8, 1945, and in Japan on September 2, 1945. The OWI ceased operation in September.
